100_5040.JPG Ice Cream Training New team member, Peter, getting a lesson in how we make our great recipes. 100_5041.JPG In a Pinch... When none of the more artistically inclined team members are around, I have to jump in and do a quick cake decoration -- not bad for an amateur, huh? 100_5042.JPG Waffle Cone Sundae Looks pretty tastey, doesn't it? 100_5043.JPG Mike Son Michael, trying his hardest to ignore the camera pointed at him! 100_5044.JPG Mini Sundae We end up with a lot of sundaes to give away when we're doing a training shift! 100_5046.JPG Balloon Cake We hired someone to focus on decorating cakes this year, and this balloon cake is one of her practice runs! 100_5048.JPG Roses Rachel does a great job of making roses as well. 100_5050.JPG Melissa Niece Melissa came in on this day to help out with a busy shift. 100_5051.JPG Rachel Rachel is our new cake decorator this year, and is the creator of many of the beautiful cakes we're making this year. 100_5067.JPG Recital This little girl stopped by after a dance recital, and her older brother insisted in being in the photo with her! 100_5068.JPG Three Brats! These three stopped by to tease me about giving them "River Dance" lessons -- they took my newsletter jokes a little too seriously! I managed to appease them by promising to get their photo onto the website. 100_5069.JPG Emily Emily is another new team member who's currently working as a fill in, but who will be joining our North Andover store once it's ready in a couple of weeks. 100_5070.JPG Brittany Brittany has one of the prettiest smile of all of our new team members, and here's the proof! 100_5071.JPG Another Maggie! This "Maggie" stopped by and let us know that she's "one of us". 100_5142.JPG Ariel Another newbie team member, Ariel, shows off her scooping skills. 100_5154.JPG Meagan Meagan is one of our freshly-hired North Andover crew, learning the ropes down at the North Reading store. She's neck-and-neck in the race for our unofficial "rookie of the year" award. 100_5155.JPG Father's Day Cake #1 Rachel was busy decorating cakes on Father's Day weekend 100_5156.JPG Father's Day Cake #2 and another! 100_5157.JPG Father's Day Cake #3 and another! 100_5158.JPG Father's Day Cake #4 and another! 100_5159.JPG How Many Rookies... does it take to change the flavor strips in the window? At least three, as we found out as these three tried to get it done during a slow period on this Sunday. 100_5160.JPG Jamie Jamie is another of our North Andover hires, training in North Reading. She's the leader in the "Miss Congeniality" voting, as she gets along with everyone, and I've yet to hear her complain about anything! 100_5161.JPG Nice Family Photo! We ought to start charging for these, huh? 100_5162.JPG Great day for ice cream! This family stopped by for a Father's Day special! 100_5226.JPG Clean Up! This cool Saturday shift was so slow that I had all of the rookies manning rags and cleaning up the store. From the left is Ariel, Meagan, and Alex, three of a very strong class of new team members this year. 100_5236.JPG I See... ...four potential additions to our 2013 team here! 100_5237.JPG North Andover Night On this night, we invited all of our "North Andover" team to work the North Reading store together as a team. They couldn't all make it, but we had a pretty good crew here and everything went smoothly. From the left, Meagan, Emily, Alex, Jamie, and Sheela.