Lemonade Stand

But first, a picnic.  After Jace got out of VBS one day we had a picnic at the park in Highland, and then the plan was to play.  HOWEVER...metal playground equipment, not so fun on a hot sunny day!

I did a garage sale in St. Joe with Jaime, and on the second day the boys, Jace and Cooper did a lemonade stand.  Jace was all about this...especially once the money started rolling in.  There is a big difference between the attention span of a 5 and 6 year old! Cooper was done in a matter of minutes, whereas once Jace got going he was approaching people on the sidewalk to buy some lemonade!

The lady on the left was their first customer.  She was paying for some things and I offered to give her a dollar to go buy a cup of lemonade-because they had been selling for awhile with no business, so I was afraid they would give up.  But once they got started, they sold out quickly!  And spent quickly too...they went and bought hot dogs from a house down the street, and later some slushies across the street.  It was fun, and they each made $26!!  EXACTLY enough for Jace to buy a sprayer he had been eyeing!  Hard work pays off!

 I got one picture of us working on my Mother's Day gift...I wanted to do stones of the kids' hand and foot prints.  Turned out great!

Watching baby Alexis one morning...

Jed was so proud of Jace...they took off up to Brown County lake one afternoon just to see what it was like and fish off the bank.  Jace baited his own hook, cast his own line, and caught this fish all by himself!!!

Connor playing with Daisy...

And we did the Wathena 5K...on the river road, so it is FLAT.  Jace was right at the starting line, and sprinted out.  He did great.  Of course he got tired, so I stayed back and walked/jogged with him, pushing Connor in the stroller the whole time.  He ended up with first in his age group, as did Jed, and Jena too, and Jena won first in women's overall!