Lemonade stands just aren't what they used to be...

Zoë decided one Friday afternoon that the next day she wanted to have a Lemonade stand. I encouraged her to delay the adventure until she could have some time for planning (and I could have time to shop for supplies) and then have the sale on a Notre Dame Football Home Game weekend. She got her friends, Ivie and Alexandra, to get together and she had them spend the night. She told them to bring a bag of pretzels to sell, and that they would make a sign the night before and then sell lemonade on Saturday morning. Her planning went smoothly, and was well executed. They made great signs (see below), and had lots of fun making some money.

The girls painted this sign before they went to bed on Friday night.

Miranda loved being part of the action.
I think she sold a lot with her enthusiasm!

Megan decided to sell Kool-aid, enough to compete but not directly with the older girls.
She made quite a few pennies until her drink ran out. Then she helped Zoë's booth when the older girls got tired.

Addi came to help sell for a little while, too.
She ran up and down the block trying to garner more patrons.

Ivie ran back and forth and organized the table.

Guess who was in charge of the money!?!?

Alexandra helped out with advertising and selling and getting lemonade from the kitchen to the table.

And how much money did they make??

Oh my goodness!

12 quarts of lemonade
4 lemons, sliced
2 bags of pretzels
hundreds of plastic and Dixie cups
lots of laughs, spills and sticky fingers and coins
a few arguments over who got to hold the money and who should do what

Mix together, add lots of sunshine and a football weekend in our neighborhood and you will gain about $60 in earnings.