Lemonade Anyone?

Last week the kids wanted to have a lemonade stand. The good news is I had bought a big canister of Country Time Lemonade mix at Sam's Club the last time I was there (just for this purpose). I knew at some point Dallin would ask. I had plastic cups on hand too, so we went for it. Two of his friends, Brock and Connor, helped set everything up and sold lemonade with him on the corner. We are close to a busy street so it was perfect for selling. Anyway, they were troopers and sold a whopping $15 worth of lemonade. What's funny is they even made themselves a "TIP JAR" to get as much as they could! They crack me up.
I had our friend's little boy, Jackson, that day too so Drew, Jackson and I got a blanket and some toys and sat outside under one of our trees in the front yard so we could keep an eye on the big boys selling lemonade. It was fun and the kids loved it. Dallin will do anything to make a buck.
Speaking of making a buck, I have to tell you a funny story from a couple years back....
It was Christmas time and I was making sugar cookies for the neighbors. I made a plate for both of the neighbors on each side of us and told Dallin to take the cookies next door and tell them Merry Christmas. He comes back and still has a plate in hand. I asked if one of them wasn't home, and he said no, Mrs. Simpson next door didn't want the cookies. Well that made me a little mad. I was trying to be nice and she totally rejected my cookies! I thought she could at least take them and chuck them if she didn't really want them, right? Anyway, I was a little peeved and thought that was totally rude. The thing is, she was totally not like that so it was wierd.
Anyway, months later the subject of Dallin's entrepreneuereal spirit happened to come up with the neighbor who did take the cookies at Christmastime. She always got a kick out of Dallin and had wild stories to tell me all the time. So anyway, she said Dallin came to her door with a plate of cookies and asked her if she wanted to BUY any cookies! Can you believe that? He tried to SELL THEM to the neighbors!!! I about died.
That is when it clicked that Mrs. Simpson probably knew Dallin was up to something and didn't buy his cookies from him. The other neighbors DID buy his cookies!!! So, I asked Mrs. Simpson the next time I saw her and she said yes, Dallin tried to sell them to her and we laughed like crazy about it. She knew they were for her for Christmas because it had a BIG NOTE on the top of the plate that said, "Merry Christmas from the Caldwell's". She said it was pretty funny -Dallin thought he was pulling a fast one. The little turkey. He has always been one step ahead of the game. He was like 4 or 5 years old at the time. I thought it was pretty clever myself. Like I said, anything to make a buck!!!