the month of march brought the most perfect weather. for the first couple of weeks brooke begged me to have a lemonade stand, but it just never worked out. then brooke went to her friend lynn's house and had a lemonade stand there, and her heart was set on having her own. so, on a super busy day (kevin's birthday) when brooke asked me, i just couldn't say no. we quickly fired up the juicer and made fresh-squeezed lemonade. i was struggling with figuring out how to get all of our supplies down to the other end of the street given that i could barely walk (ended up being a broken big toe). then i walked out into the garage and voila! - the wagon that we rarely use called my name :) we piled up the wagon with a pitcher of lemonade, a bag of ice, cups and a few paper towels. brooke made a sign for the side of the wagon and decided she would give the lemonade away for free. she's a sweetheart that girl of mine :)
brooke pulled gavin and all of her supplies in the wagon until she reached the spot that she determined was just right for her lemonade "stand." i was nervous that no one would be around on this particular afternoon and that brooke's little heart would be broken, but we were in luck. within seconds we had a swarm of neighborhood kids around us, and brooke acted like such the little professional lemonade seller :) the mail lady even stopped for some lemonade! i'm pretty sure we served every single kid in the neighborhood before running out of lemonade. brooke was thrilled and gavin thoroughly enjoyed being a part of it. brooke even raised $5.00 for charity, AND we made it home in time to prepare a special al fresco birthday dinner for kevin. a success all around!
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