Lemonade Stand

Georgia has been begging me to let her have a lemonade stand for weeks now. Something strange must have possessed me, because I decided not only to help her do it, but to build her a cute little stand.

We had quit a bit of yellow items left over from  Wally and Will's Star Wars birthday party. We used some of the posts from our play tee pee, and threw a table cloth on her play table. I got the signs a couple of years ago in the One Spot at Target, and I had them in my craft bin.

Georgia liked the idea of the getting the  up-sale with the cookies when customers came for lemonade.

We had to have a pouring practice session. It was a little sticky while she got over her learning curve on getting the liquid IN the cup.

It was a crazy humid day. So Georgia started out in the shade, but soon realized that people were not getting a clear view of her. We moved her to the end of the driveway.

I came to check on her a few minutes later, and found that she had quickly grown her little enterprise and hired MANY employees. I think they helped eat the inventory in a hurry. She required a refill after their shift. Georgia put her brothers to work while she came in for her piano lesson. Wally told me that he made sure to say, "Have a nice day!" to every customer who stopped.
Georgia also changed into a different pair of shoes about every forty minutes. Those boots are a good humid day look, no?

It was a bit of a slow start, but all in all, this was a big success! She made about $14 from the sale! She was diligent too! She was going strong, with the help of her brothers, until I went out and shut it down at about 5:30!  They were some hard working stand owners!
We live on the same street as the entrance to the golf club 55 and over townhouse community. That is most definitely where most of her business came from! I think she learned to work that sweet little granddaughter angle to her advantage in a hurry! It was so funny to watch the older couples sip their luke warm lemonade like it was the best tasting thing they had ever had! What good sports!

I used to do these stands with my friend ShaRee growing up, and I remember the mail man being our best customer. I was so grateful to our nice mail man when I saw he had stopped to make a purchase!

Walker was a sticky mess, and all the kids were satisfied with their business endeavor at the end of the day! They were so excited to tell Del all about it when he got back from his business trip that night!

Lemonade stand officially checked off the Summer to-do list!