Lemonade Stand 2011

We really lucked out this summer. Somehow we managed to be in Utah over Boston's 2 hottest weeks, and then we returned to a BEAUTIFULLY mild and perfect August. Lots of days in the 70's, never higher than the 80's. Parfait, as far as I'm concerned.

But Henry was hoping for something a little hotter. Why, you ask? Because I kept telling him to wait for a good 90-degree, sticky-humid day to have the lemonade stand he had been asking about all summer. Well, that 90-degree day never came. So we decided to carpe diem and have it on the last Saturday before school started!

It was still pretty humid and reached 84. These boys felt it as I made them drag the cooler out to the van.

We set up shop just down the street from our house. Bryson joined in as the co-executive of this little venture. Henry was thrilled to have him along, as Bryson has been a great friend lately . . .


Not to mention the fact that Bryson is REALLY good at jumping up and down and yelling "COME BUY LEMONADE! COME BUY LEMONADE!"

Pretty much everyone who saw or heard them stopped.

Who wouldn't stop for these charming guys?

Besides the jumping and chanting, they did a lot of waiting . . .

and sampling . . .

and exploring.

Not much in life is more exciting than discovering new bugs, you know.

These two little entrepreneurs made bank. $24 to split between them . . .

(and they gave a few George Washingtons to Ellis, who gave a lot of moral support).