adi and her friend mya decided to organize a lemonade stand to raise money for the jdrf walk. but they didn't want just a plain old lemonade stand... they wanted a lemonade and chocolate chip cookie stand. so they asked me to pick them up some bristol board and made a date for some poster making.
once the signs were made, they even prepared a cookie baking itinerary for daddy...
- wednesday, make cookies
- thursday, make cookies
- friday, make cookies
and bake cookies he did, but the problem was that by saturday, they were all gone. so sunday morning, daddy got up bright and early to bake 3 dozen cookies for his girl and her gals. daddy also tried to surprise them with an official homemade lemonade stand, but his drill ran out of power half way through the project. but no worries, maya, chloe and adi were ready to go at noon on sunday... just as planned...
- the signs were up
- balloons were tied
- chairs were organized
- the cash float was ready
- cups, lemonade and cookies were ready to go
and so they waited for their first customer of the day for a glass of cold lemonade and a warm, fresh out of the oven cookie for $1.
the girls were beyond excited and they made it very clear that it was their lemonade stand and that they did not need any help. so, matt and i did our best to give them some independence... but we kept a watchful eye from the front porch. it was funny listening to them talk as they waited for almost 10 minutes for their first customer... "oh my gosh, i can't believe people are not stopping... how rude" or watching them as they frantically waved at passersby and ushered them into the stand. and finally at 12:10 pm melissa, savannah and anna pearl stopped by for 3 lemonades and 3 cookies to go.
within minutes there was a little line forming in front of their stand. neighbourhood kids on bicycles, freinds and strangers driving by and even a special friend or 2 that heard about it on facebook and made their way over to the little lemonade stand in foxboro.
even nanny jen took a short break from her gardening to support the girls in their business/fundraising endeavor...
and as the money rolled in they couldn't wait to count it... and then count it again and shout with excitement how much they had made. sometimes the customers were barely away from the stand as they exclaimed their earnings...
but by 2 o'clock the cookies were gone, the lemonade containers were dry and 3 very dedicated and hardworking young ladies had raised $115 in support of team macdonald for the juvenile diabetes research foundation.
way to go girls! you stuck with it and you worked hard. and you even had some requests for another one next year. i guess we have a little bit of time yet to plan!
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