Nyle might be as stubborn as Lydia

Nyle sure has a stubborn streak.  He's been throwing tantrums lately.  Today, the Lydia and Tyler were dropped off to play at the Draper's house after the gym.  Nyle wanted to stay with them.  For the whole 35 minute ride home, he rested from screaming only about 5 minutes.  It's still going on.  He won't even let us unbuckle him in the garage.

He also sure wants to be part of the big kids.  One thing he kept saying as he screamed on the way home is, "I want to be big!"  Poor kid.  The other day he said the same thing.  We put him to bed early because he didn't have a nap.  He tried reasoning with us that he's a big kid, so he doesn't need to go to bed until the big kids do.

Nyle's Sore

Nyle has two problems with his mouth.  He had a really off day today.  His molars are coming in.  That's not usually a huge problem, but he was extremely irritable.  We went to church in the morning, and he kept crying and pointing to his mouth.  He also was talking very funny, and his face looks slightly swollen.  He didn't want to go to nursery, which he usually loves.  And he kept changing his mind about what he wanted, but usually it was just that he wanted Mom.  When she had to do some things, I tried to distract him.

After church we realized that his teeth aren't the only problem.  He has two huge canker sores on both sides of his tongue.  I'm supposing it has to do with the teeth.  Maybe he bit his tongue with his swollen gums.

Poor kid!  The good news is that he seemed to notice it less by this evening.

Lemonade Sale

Lydia has been planning a lemonade sale since the beginning of the summer.  She was supposed to do it with Stephanie, but that didn't work out for some reason.  So we bought three bags of lemons from Sam's Club and a juicer from Target.  The lemonade turned out quite good.  The recipe had a bit of salt.  Larisa strained the pulp, which one customer told us he appreciated.

The day was hot but overcast.  No one seemed to be out when we started the sale around 2:30pm.  We first drove to several different places to scout it out, but they all were completely dead, so we went with Lydia's original idea.  We set up our table on the street near the park.

I brought games for us to play while we waited, and Lydia read some of her books.  For about a half hour, the only customer was the man doing yard work at his home across the street.  I thought the sale might turn out to be a failure.  The good news is that Lydia and Tyler had their expectations very low.  When I asked Lydia (before we started) how much lemonade she thought we'd sell, she said six cups.  Tyler was more optimistic.  He said we'd sell 10 cups, and Lydia made a face of disbelief and wonder.

At some point the kids started waving down cars because I told them that's how I used to sell cookies.  They both stood on the sidewalk and made sure not to miss a single car.  Also, I think the timing improved and people started coming to the park.  Anyway, we sold all our lemonade.  It was a lot of fun.  And several people paid extra to encourage the kids.  Their prices were only 50 cents for a small cup and $1 for a large cup.  They earned $16.50.

It's obviously not about the money to the kids.  Their big news for Mom when we got home was that one woman bought a large cup for herself and a small cup for her dog, which they thought was so funny.  They didn't even mention that she paid double for it.