The ‘Lemanade’ Stand

Courtney — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:50:00 +0000

I am pretty sure that I raised mini entrepreneurs.

From the dog wash service at a yard sale
to the famous

‘Lemanade’ stand.

That one with the vintage desk with the worn top that was

covered in stacks of little wax covered paper cups.

And that had a big yellow tupperware container of the

best ‘lemanade’

this side of the county.

The one that was run by a sweet girl who loved to get dressed up

in old floral dresses with flouncy sleeves

Sundays best floppy hats and her favorite perfect pair of pink cowgirl boots.
And by one of her brothers

who always wore his baseball cap backwards

and that adorable got him out of trouble every time

shy little smile on his face.

They set up shop.

Dragged the desk and chairs over to the edge of the road

mixed the lemonade

gathered as many little cups as they could find

and then taped their handmade ‘Lemanade’ sign up on the front of it

to announce to everyone

that they were officially

open for business.

We bought several glasses of lemonade from them

but of course, we didn’t count as customers.

And they wanted us to stop buying all the lemonade so that

they had enough for the

‘real’ customers when they came.

And they waited patiently for the customers.

For hours.

While hammering on the construction project went on behind them

and squirrels ran along the telephone wire

and not one car ventured down that dirt road

on the side of the property.

But that didn’t deter them.

They knew that someone would come along

and pay 15 cents for their delicious lemonade sooner or later.

And someone did.

Our neighbors who were out for a walk stopped and saw their new stand

and indulged in a couple of glasses.

And they gave them a couple of dollars each

and didn’t want change.

The ‘Lemanade’ stand was in business.

And being good business folks-they had turned quite the profit

in just a few hours and just a few glasses.

So they decided, after a successful business day-

to fold up that Lemanade stand

and move on to the next big venture.

Which was a full service car wash set up in the driveway.

And this was a special kind of car wash-

one where just the bottom of your car was sparkly clean

since the car washers were a little on the

short side.

Really, though, all 3 of my kids have that entrepreneurial spirit and dream big

when it comes to business ideas.

My two boys (who are now big boys) are working on opening a personal training studio together

and my daughter is working towards a business goal of her own.

So it is kind of funny to think how that Lemanade stand and the dog wash

might have sparked business ideas and got them churning even back then.

And speaking of ideas churning-

I am starting to do a little early planning for a big graduation party in July.

It is a dual party- for my daughter who graduated HS in December-

and my sons girlfriend – who is graduating college in a few months.

There will be music playing outdoors, twinkling lights in the trees

tables set up in the yard

and party inspiration and food galore.

I will be sharing all the planning details that go into the party prep in the coming months

from setting the mood with decor

to setting an inspired table

to the delicious party food.

And maybe I will set up a lemonade stand inspired drink station

for the guests for fun too.

I am excited to get started on the planning

and of course-

already looking forward to all my little entrepreneurs being home at the same time.

And since it is Friday- thought a flash back share was good for today.

You can read more from one of my favorite posts ever- from a couple of years ago-

my Heart at Home post HERE

and you can find that delicious spinach salad recipe

here

Happy Friday everyone

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