Thanks for the Lemonade

Our neighbors put this cute-as-a-button food cart by the curb last weekend. We snatched it up. 

It didn't even need to be Norwexed. It was ready to go. The boys filled it with rocks and pretended they were scones and muffins and lattes. They actually sold $2 worth of rocks to passers by. I have no idea how they managed that, but if they could sell rocks then why not try lemonade and snacks?

So we did! We had lemonade with real lemon wedges on the cups, cookies I happened to make the day before, and granola bars. We sold everything for $.10 each because that's what I sold lemonade for when I was little, and because the objective was to identify coins and count money. 

Augustine was really good at customer service! He kept up with all the customer's requests, was very calm and focused, and helped from start to finish. He arranged the snacks in the cart on his own, and I helped him get organized with the drink stuff. Lewis was in charge of bossing the customers around, almost spilling the money multiple times, and collecting trash. He did a great job helping us clean up at the end.  

The Sisters came by and had as much fun as my boys did. We did not charge them, of course, so we counted their cups toward tithing, which was another great money lesson. 

The boys worked for an hour and a half. There was only one spill. Can you believe that?! Lewis ran in the house for towels, cleaned it up, and kept on going. They didn't even ask for help!

They had a great amount of business because it was Back to School Sunday. It was really fun to say hello to so many friends from school!

They sold six liters of lemonade, all but four of the snacks, and made $10. (There were some very generous customers who said keep the change.) The boys tithed $1 to Jesus, and the rest went toward the Paw Patrol Air Patroller they've been saving up for together. 
Cheers to a fun experience!