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.