Today the kids got up and had decided today was a lemonade stand day. Valerie's good friend, Ireland, actually has access to a pre-fab stand. So, since she was coming over anyway, she brought the storefront along.
Now, this wasn't just any old lemonade stand. First, let me say that our lemonade has real lemons and real sugar in it. None of that powdered stuff full of high fructose corn syrup. Next, the kids also decided to sell flowers. After Rex took down half of my hydrangea and headed for the roses, I stepped in to do a little snipping. The kids proudly displayed their blooms in water bottles, cannelloni cans and old pop bottles. It was actually quite attractive.
And last, but not least, they also decided to sell cookies. I thought they were actually going to bake the cookies, but the excitement of having the cut flowers, lemonade and stand took them out front right away.
Anyhow, I slaved away in the kitchen for a while so that their customers would have homemade frosted sugar cookies with sprinkles ... well, the people who showed up later when the lemonade ran out. Those first few suckers had to deal with store purchased sweets.
Those kids raked in $25 today. Can you believe it? I constantly saw cars driving up to the front of the house. And we don't live on a busy street. Valerie and Ireland stood down on the corner with a sign to lure people in. Smart kids.
I'll expect that visit from the Franchise Tax Board later this week!
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