Unbeknowst to me, while Rick was fixing the pool pump, the kids decided they needed a way to acquire toys by setting up a stand in the front yard to sell things. Emma was the grand schemer behind this idea I'm sure. She would sell the Halloween sprinkle cookies we had just made the day before and Reece had a bike pump and a bag of balloons that he would pump up for you upon request. They sat there at least 15 minutes and then a neighbor arrived home from work, came over and gave them each a quarter. They were thrilled and refused to leave their stand, even when dinner was ready, they didn't want to miss an opportunity to make more money. After dinner, Reece came in and asked for more cookies and I said No, where are all the other cookies, then Emma came running in all flustered and said " Where are the cookies, the line is waiting!" And I'm like " Line?" So, I peek out the front window and there are ALL the neighborhood teenage boys and some of their skateboard friends all standing in a line, giving my kids quarters and eating the remainder of my cookies. Emma and Reece couldn't have been more happy. Some of the boys even came back for 2nd's. The kids earned a combined $3.50. That's a lot of sugar cookies! This could either buy A. one G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip or B. a venti raspberry mocha skim and no whip for mommy.
4 comments:
GO FOR THE COFFEE FOR MOMMY!
Your job is to stay in the kitchen baking cookies for your budding CEO and her sidekick.
How much do you think she would sell that nice folding chair for?!
I think you need the coffee so you can bake more cookies. Where's Reece and all his balloons in this? Maybe he needs to learn to make monkeys or a parrot or something out of a ballon.
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