Mama Diaries

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Travelling Lemonade Stand

My nine-year-old son decided it would be a good idea to have a lemonade stand.  He set one up in the driveway and waited for customers to arrive.  He waited.  And waited.  And waited.  Not one customer showed up.

Then he had a brilliant idea:  Take the lemonade stand to the customers.  He poured a cup of lemonade and walked to our neighbor's house.

"Would you like to buy some lemonade?"

The neighbor smiled and agreed to the purchase.

The boy went to the next house.  Same thing.  He kept going, back and forth, until he was out of lemonade.

When he came back into the house, he dumped is coin cup on the table.  He had made almost ten dollars.  "See, Mama?  It was a good day for a lemonade stand!"

37 comments:

  1. Smart kid. Go out and get the customers.

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  2. Now he needs a wagon to pull, so he can reach more customers!

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    1. We used to have a wagon. We got rid of it before we moved. I guess he'll have to use a wheelbarrow.

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  3. So cute! Kids can be very innovative. My daughter once set up a lemonade stand when she was really young. The cutest thing I ever witnessed.

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    1. I think my daughter started doing lemonade stands when she was five. It was pretty cute!

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  4. Your offspring has a marketing mind. Kudos to the parents :)

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  5. Does he know about expanding his markets? Got to cover different territory next time, unless it's a hot day.

    Hope he enjoys the results.

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    1. Maybe we'll travel outside the neighborhood next time.

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  6. I guess if you build it they will come doesn't always apply

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    1. Not always. Sometimes a little coaxing is required.

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  7. Bubba is a go-getter, but you already knew that.

    Love,
    Janie

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  8. He's a promising entrepreneur. He's really showing great salesmanship at such an early age. Awesome!

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    1. He must've gotten the salesman gene from his father!

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  9. Very smart! He's quite the businessman. ☺

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  10. i always think when i read your blog how it would make an adorable comic strip--i was even reading this one aloud to robyn :)

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    1. Hmmm. That's an interesting idea. If I had any cartoon-drawing skills, some of these entries might be good for the Sunday comics!

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  11. He figured out that sometimes you have to think outside the box!

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  12. He's so cute!!..and smart.. smart.. smart :)

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  13. He;s going to be a proper business man when he;s older.
    Yvonne.

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