Lemonade, anyone?

Lemonade stands are a lot of work! You sit out in the heat waiting for passing cars filled with people who either look apologetic when they don't stop or those that pretend they don't see you at all. After our experience today, I've resolved that I will always stop for kids selling 25 cent cups of lemonade. This is a picture of our impressive lemonade stand staffed by Carston, Jackson and McKay with Calder holding up a handmade sign behind them. I think the kids drank more of the lemonade than they sold!

Carston, Calder, Topher and Anna all took turns advertising. Any time a car came into view, they jumped up and down shaking their signs and yelling: "Lemonade, twenty five cents!". As you can see from the picture, Calder got frustrated when several cars passed without stopping and Anna got tired of the heat.

Grandma, Catherine, Kimberly and I supervised. Peyton decided to help us with the supervising rather than taking an active role in the advertising.

Hooray, our first customer of the day! The kids all gathered in excitedly to hand out the lemonade and collect the money. The rest of us were just grateful that someone finally stopped!

I was so proud of my Carston! He persevered through the heat and frustration beautifully and never gave up. He jumped up yelling every time a car passed and he was the only to stay at the table the entire time. He used this lovely blue hard hat for some protection from the rays of the sun. I don't know that it helped, but he looks tough!

Love the smile!

Aunt Janet was our best customer! She paid for several cups of lemonade that she had no interest in receiving. I guess she ended up paying for all that the kids drank. Thank goodness she was on her lunch break while we were out there. We love Aunt Janet!
All in all, the Calder cousins earned seven dollars with which they plan on doing some serious damage at a dollar store.

Although I couldn't interest Peyton in participating with the lemonade stand, Grandma was wise enough to bring out a different option, a diversion from work: baseball! Some of the younger kids took turns hitting balls to Grandma in the shade on the front lawn.

Jackson is getting set up for a big hit with his usual pleasantness.

He soon got the hang of it!

This was a hit!

Peyton is an athlete. She surprises me with her quick ability to pick up on sports. She quickly figured out how to get this plastic bat to work for her.

Spending the day before the birth of our nation playing baseball and selling lemonade somehow seems very appropriate. We love summertime!