Lemonade For Sale!

On Monday, as I was putting groceries away, Lilly announced, "I want to have a lemonade stand." I told her I didn't think we had any sort of table to use. I then proceeded to search the garage and basement to see what I could find but came up empty-handed.

Lilly said, "Yes we do Mommy!" and went on the deck and returned with a small table and two tiny chairs. She is so with it. Always has been. I told her we didn't have cups we could give away and she said, "Yes we do Mommy! In the basement!" and again, she returned from the basement with clear, disposable cups.

The lemonade stand was born. Her very first one. I have no idea where she came up with the idea unless she remembers sitting with Stephy and her friends two years ago. She carried everything to the curb by herself. She arranged her table and made a sign. I helped her spell lemonade, she drew a lemon, and she was open for business.

She was adorable. We sat outside for two hours. Everyone that passed by stopped. She was on the curb waving. More than one person said, "How could I not stop with her standing there looking so adorable?!" She will always win people over with her charm. When the first person came over (a neighbor), they asked her how much the lemonade cost. She looked at me and said, "It costs Mommy?" She had no idea she was going to make money! She ended up charging a quarter.

3 pitchers and $12 later, I finally had to close her stand down. Ella woke up and I had to tutor so the fun was over. Lilly crashed on the couch to watch a movie after all of her hard work. Her money is still sitting in the cup on the coffee table. I wonder what she'll buy...