So a couple Saturdays ago Jonah got it in his head that he was going to sell water & muffins at the end of the driveway. Like an old fashioned lemonade stand. He made a sign (see box in above photo - "Jonah & Merrik's Water & Muffins ... 25cents") & he & his partner in crime dragged all the stuff to the end of the driveway to set up camp. Lo & behold - people actually stopped! Probably expecting lemonade from such an establishment. And when Jonah gets an idea in his head, there is no changing his mind. SO I decided to help them increase their sales a little bit...
... I went up to the house, made a few pitchers of lemonade (it was GOOD) and a cool, easy to read sign which now advertised the cool, citrus beverage... and off they went!
Some time later, he stand was officially pronounced 'Closed' when they ran out of plastic cups. Needless to say, it was a huge success!! Jonah earned enough to pay for his school field trip to the Ecotarium next month and the boys wanted to count their money over and over and over again... it was very cute!
It was very cute! AND we got to talk to some very nice people & meet some neighbors that we didn't know yet. It was time well spent!
AND ... while the lemonade stand was in business, Jared was mowing our gargantuan lawn. He wore a pedometer that day. We have just over an acre of land & only a push mower. Here are the results: 16411 steps totaling 7.51 miles!! WOW!! I need to learn to start mowing. I've asked. Jared says he likes the 'benefits' of doing it himself. Hmm...
So a couple Saturdays ago Jonah got it in his head that he was going to sell water & muffins at the end of the driveway. Like an old fashioned lemonade stand. He made a sign (see box in above photo - "Jonah & Merrik's Water & Muffins ... 25cents") & he & his partner in crime dragged all the stuff to the end of the driveway to set up camp. Lo & behold - people actually stopped! Probably expecting lemonade from such an establishment. And when Jonah gets an idea in his head, there is no changing his mind. SO I decided to help them increase their sales a little bit...
... I went up to the house, made a few pitchers of lemonade (it was GOOD) and a cool, easy to read sign which now advertised the cool, citrus beverage... and off they went!
Some time later, he stand was officially pronounced 'Closed' when they ran out of plastic cups. Needless to say, it was a huge success!! Jonah earned enough to pay for his school field trip to the Ecotarium next month and the boys wanted to count their money over and over and over again... it was very cute!
It was very cute! AND we got to talk to some very nice people & meet some neighbors that we didn't know yet. It was time well spent!
AND ... while the lemonade stand was in business, Jared was mowing our gargantuan lawn. He wore a pedometer that day. We have just over an acre of land & only a push mower. Here are the results: 16411 steps totaling 7.51 miles!! WOW!! I need to learn to start mowing. I've asked. Jared says he likes the 'benefits' of doing it himself. Hmm...
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Excuse me. I'd like to buy some. No swap meet, Luis?
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