All summer long, Jonah has been wanting to have a lemonade stand because he says, "It is a good way to make money." We just kept distracting him, telling him it wasn't a good time, etc. Our hearts were softened, however, when we found him in the front lawn one afternoon, playing a toy xylophone and dancing around for tips (he didn't understand why nobody had stopped). A few days after the street musician incident, it was an unseasonably warm day and the lemonade stand idea surfaced again. This time I thought, what the heck. It will be fun...and it was!
After whipping up a pitcher of Country-time and taking the table outside, we were ready for business. Of course, I was continually prepping him for the very likely possibility that we wouldn't get any customers at all. Jonah's response: "No, Mom, Curious George did this and he made lots of money!" (Thanks a lot, PBS!)
Thankfully, as fate would have it, just as we were getting started my friend, Priscilla stopped by to drop something off for Young Women's that night. A customer!! You can imagine Jonah's delight. Priscilla asked him how much, and he brought her a piece of paper on which he had written, "56.5" When she commented that $56.50 was a little pricey for lemonade, he set her straight, "No, it's $5.65." Well then, that's a steal! He ended up happily settling for 25 cents plus another quarter for a tip.
Open for Business
The extent of our profits
After that, business was pretty slow. I bought a cup, Micah came home and bought one, and Kate (and her doll) partook of several freebies.
Kate's doll liked the lemonade a lot...especially when Kate started using it as a hair styling aide!
I think Kate had to pee like 10 times after drinking all that lemonade! 
A happy customer
Lincoln is still considering the wisdom of this business venture...
When it was all said and done, we were left with some spare change, a little bit of lemonade (the kids drank most of it during the sale), and a really great memory. Thanks for the inspiration, Curoius George!
5 comments:
Love the lemonade stand. My kids were always jockeying for one as well. I guess its a right of passage in life. Great pics!
A boy after his grandfather's heart. Why settle for chupchange when you can try to get some real cash, $5.65, look out world a new business has hit E'town.
Hey, you should tell Jonah that his price is still cheaper than what you'd find at some place for Lemonade! He'd make a bundle here!
So cute Jonah!!! Don't you just love the cute stuff our boys come up with??
Ahhhh! Love it!!!
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