Burgeoning Entrepreneurialism

Last week, the boys got the bright idea that, during the Fall community yard sale in our neighborhood on Saturday, they should put up a Lemonade Stand.

A lemonade stand! Beautiful!

As the days leading up to the yard sale passed, the idea was elaborated a bit to include some baked goods and coffee since, at 7am on a cool Fall Saturday morning, Lemonade might not be the strongest seller.

And a portion of the proceeds, they decided, should go to a very worthy cause, the Nashville Rescue Mission.

It was, in fact, a cool morning on Saturday.. but a very successful one. Aidan was a great salesman, asking "How may I help you?" of each of the people who came up to the table. And he even got to try out a little of his 1st-grade Spanish with a few of the Hispanic families that came by.

Bryce did wind up spending a little time on Time-out, though...

In the end, the boys raised $10 for the Mission, meeting their goal while also leaving enough left over to put a little in each of their piggy banks, and buy one small toy on a trip to the store with their Mom.

Turned out to be a good lesson all the way around, I think and SleepyMama did an amazing job of managing the whole enterprise!