The Lemonade Stand

Joseph had a big idea on our drive back from Ohio after the 4th of July.....and he wanted to keep it a secret and get started right away.  Since we were a bit tired the night we returned, we had him draw his idea on paper and list out the materials he needed, which ended up being a very cool design for a lemonade stand involving something like 52 NAILS, 22 BOARDS and PAINT.  Jay and Joseph made a trip to the store (Jay may have gone back several times), did some sawing and painting and hammering, and while I drew out the bubble letters for the sign it was Jay's idea to make the "E" a picture of a lemon and add the "+ Bake Sale". Joseph colored in the letters and he along with Morgan, Leah, Grace and Hannah (all the girls he has spent the summer with) made the lemonade with Jay while I got the cookies ready for our first time setting up the stand outside our house on Friday.  The customers were quite generous and the kids enjoyed getting their hair sprayed and faces painted after the picture.  It turned out to be quite the project and a pretty fun time!