Lemonade for sale

Having a lemonade stand always sounds like such fun and such a good idea but as the grown-up you know that's not always the case. People will walk or drive by but they won't stop and ultimately your children will be disappointed and stuck with a lot of lemonade to drink themselves. Well that is not what happened today. I helped them make their sign and set up their stand trying not to discourage. The first ten minutes they were open for business brought the expected crowd of the few neighbor kids that live next door. Once they had drank their fill I figured another half an hour of the three boys complaining that they weren't getting any customers and they would lose interest and close shop. Well, I was wrong. People stopped their cars, walkers stopped and amazingly had spare change with them, even a garbage truck spotted them and not only stopped but gave them a generous tip (eventhough he did take one of our cups with him). Five jugs of lemonade (actually we switched to fruit punch half way through) and 3 hours later they ended up with around $18. Not bad considering I put up all the supplies, made all the juice, washed all the cups and helped with the cleanup. All in the name of motherhood and it was pretty fun to watch. Good day.