August weather in Massachusetts can be lovely. We often find ourselves in the middle of 75 degree breezy days. But then for some reason, last week decided to torture us with every day in the 90's or above (yes Dan, I know I have absolutely nothing to complain about. Somehow I manage anyway). But to show our grand optimism in spite of the weather, when life gives us lemons . . .
. . . we make a lemonade stand! This has been one of Henry's dreams for the past few months, so it was fun to have the perfect day to make it happen.
Henry's good friend Jonah joined in our hard work. Henry helped me make cookies the day before. The boys decorated the sign and mixed up the lemonade. They sampled quite a few cups, just to be sure.
Then once we found a slightly shady spot on the busier road across from our house, the boys were champions at chanting "Come get lemonade! Come get lemonade!" while jumping and waving their arms at every car that went by. Who wouldn't stop for this display?
Ellis helped by sampling several cookies and by being a really good sport.
The boys even had a few spare minutes to relax and talk about dinosaurs.
They probably spent about 2 hours outside total, and look at the loot! $37! Ridiculous, if you ask me. Lots of people stopped (it really was a perfectly scorching hot day), but instead of paying the 25 cents we asked, most of them would give $3-5 and then tell the boys to keep the change. Seriously, I'm thinking of quitting my day job and taking up a lemonade business. Too bad I'm not quite as cute as these little entrepreneurs.
Stay tuned to find out what Henry has been saving his money for . . .
4 comments:
That's really cute...can't believe people spent so much though! I just wanted to tell you that I made the cookies in ramekins for my girls bdays (we don't really like cakes that much) and they were of course a hit! Thanks for sharing that idea!
What?! That never happened when I had lemonade stands :) What a great reward for their idea and enthusiasm!
You earned some of that 37 dollars! I doubt Henry made bread :) That is so great. Way better idea then what I did when I was his age. I mean, did I really think people would buy rocks?
Some of the best lemonade I've ever tasted...
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