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Ms. Jenn
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 Posted: 06/28/04 - 09:33 Post subject: The Lemonade Stand
If any of you have been watching cable this summer, you have no doubt witnessed the Six Flags commercials. My daughter thinks they are the coolest, especially the old man dancing.
She has asked, "Mom, since you don't have a job, do you think we can go to Six Flags?". Well, my answer was "Since I don't have a job, we don't have a lot of extra income and you'll have to ask Daddy (for enough out of our rainy day fund)."
She thinks for a moment and gets this wide-eyed, excited look on her face. "I know, let's open a lemonade stand. I'll make some money and I'll take you to Six Flags". She figures she'll have to sell the lemonade for $6.00/glass. She also says if we don't have enough customers at the house, she will take it on the roll in the cooler and sell it door to door.
Daddy made her a deal that he will supplement whatever she makes so she can take her Mom to Six Flags. She agreed to lower the price to $0.25 a glass because (in her own words) "yeah, I guess it is more appropriate than $6".
She's 5.
We are actually going to let her do the lemonade stand (for 4th of July weekend). She is quite involved and very excited about building the stand. She even asked her Grandma to borrow "my kid table and chairs". We're going to the store today to buy the posterboard, lemonade, cups, etc.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 09:41 Post subject:
Oh just great! Now I feel all guilty about never stopping to get lemonade from any of the kids that have stands set up. I'm depriving them all of a dream. 
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bpdou
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 10:12 Post subject: Re: The Lemonade Stand
| Ms. Jenn wrote: | If any of you have been watching cable this summer, you have no doubt witnessed the Six Flags commercials. My daughter thinks they are the coolest, especially the old man dancing.
She has asked, "Mom, since you don't have a job, do you think we can go to Six Flags?". Well, my answer was "Since I don't have a job, we don't have a lot of extra income and you'll have to ask Daddy (for enough out of our rainy day fund)."
She thinks for a moment and gets this wide-eyed, excited look on her face. "I know, let's open a lemonade stand. I'll make some money and I'll take you to Six Flags". She figures she'll have to sell the lemonade for $6.00/glass. She also says if we don't have enough customers at the house, she will take it on the roll in the cooler and sell it door to door.
Daddy made her a deal that he will supplement whatever she makes so she can take her Mom to Six Flags. She agreed to lower the price to $0.25 a glass because (in her own words) "yeah, I guess it is more appropriate than $6".
She's 5.
We are actually going to let her do the lemonade stand (for 4th of July weekend). She is quite involved and very excited about building the stand. She even asked her Grandma to borrow "my kid table and chairs". We're going to the store today to buy the posterboard, lemonade, cups, etc. |
I'll buy a glass or 10...
lemonade...
that cool refreshing drink...
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 12:52 Post subject:
My kids and 2 of their friends, sold Iced Tea this past Friday afternoon.
They made $6.00. They want to send the money to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 13:11 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Oh just great! Now I feel all guilty about never stopping to get lemonade from any of the kids that have stands set up. I'm depriving them all of a dream. |
I always buy a cup. Usually its pretty good lemonade too and the kids are pretty gracious. I don't know how many hours we would sit on the curb as a kid to make $6.42 each or whatever. I mean, entire days from dawn until the sun would go down and our parents would beg us to come inside to eat something. Every sale was a mini triumph. One of the local news anchors lived down the street and would make multiple stops and/or would tell us "keep the change".
Very industrious of your daughter Jenn! 
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 15:42 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | My kids and 2 of their friends, sold Iced Tea this past Friday afternoon.
They made $6.00. They want to send the money to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. |
Wonderful use of the funds!
ph...feel free to come by the house on Sunday to free yourself of non-lemonade buying guilt.
cheryl-I'm very anxious to see just how long she makes it as a lemonade peddler. I'm betting not long. 
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bonobo
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Posted: 06/28/04 - 23:36 Post subject:
Awww! Precious!
My husband went through a stage of "selling things on the street" when he was a wee laddie. His brother, eight years older, would stomp into the house: "Mo-o-o-m, make him stop."
The height of embarrassment for big bro, apparently.  Adam used to (try to) sell Cap'n Crunch.
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 06/29/04 - 08:04 Post subject: Re: The Lemonade Stand
| Ms. Jenn wrote: | If any of you have been watching cable this summer, you have no doubt witnessed the Six Flags commercials. My daughter thinks they are the coolest, especially the old man dancing.
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Ok - I've got to say that the old man dancing really creeps me out! 
Nice story about the lemonade, though.
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Posted: 06/29/04 - 08:20 Post subject: Re: The Lemonade Stand
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | Ok - I've got to say that the old man dancing really creeps me out!
Nice story about the lemonade, though. |
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Posted: 06/29/04 - 10:49 Post subject:
Wow, good for your daughter. I had a little girl come in the gym the other day and ask if she could put a flyer up for her pet walking service. She was like 10 yrs. old. Her flyer states she has a resume available upon request. She will go somewhere in life, so will your daughter. Good luck to her, let us know how she does. 
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 06/29/04 - 20:40 Post subject:
| JACKED UP wrote: | | Wow, good for your daughter. I had a little girl come in the gym the other day and ask if she could put a flyer up for her pet walking service. She was like 10 yrs. old. Her flyer states she has a resume available upon request. She will go somewhere in life, so will your daughter. Good luck to her, let us know how she does. |
I"m really hoping she becomes an Oscar winning actress...she has dramatic down very well.
I will post pictures of the lemonade stand.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 06/29/04 - 20:48 Post subject:
good luck to the lemonade stand girl!!!
honestly, i haven't seen one in a few years.
hope she has fun with it.
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copteacher
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Posted: 06/30/04 - 07:38 Post subject:
Quite a little capitalist there. Good for her. Nice lesson she is learning at the same time.
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 06/30/04 - 08:32 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | good luck to the lemonade stand girl!!!
honestly, i haven't seen one in a few years.
hope she has fun with it. |
I see one every time I go to yard sales! There is always someone I can't say "no" to! They typically sell cookies, brownies and other stuff too.
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