2nd annual lemonade stand

After the success of the previous years lemonade stand, we couldn't pass up the chance to do it again.  This year we had a little bit better idea of what to expect, and we cousins to jump into the action with!We decided to try out an Ohio 4th of July parade for the first time, that morning.  Sadly, it just didn't hold a candle to the way parades are done in Idaho, and it sorely reduced our prep time for our stand.  

 Of course, that didn't bother the kids.  Once they started having a few people come, they were loving life.  Our biggest problem was that they would get so excited when they saw someone driving up that they would swarm them like killer bees.

 The kids were super excited to offer free cookies and lemonade to veterans and service men and women.  They were pretty bummed that the one veteran that did stop insisted on paying.  It is hard when you know that the number one reason people stop is to help a bunch of little kids out, but the little kids really wanted to do the same for him.  I can think of worse problems than people being so kind though!

 It was hot, and the kids stamina was pretty short.  We called it quits after about 2 hours, although the kids would have been happy if we had called it an hour sooner.  It was one of those things where trying to teach your kids hard work, is the hard work!

Everyone had a good time, learned a lot, and had plenty of cookies.  We felt pretty good about how everything turned out!  3rd annual stand, here we come!