The Long Awaited Lemonade Stand

And that is was!!  Last summer Kaylee started saying she wanted to have a lemonade stand.  But like most things last summer it did not happen.  Throughout the year I think she would mention it every few months but I would always say she would have to wait until the summer.  I kind of always thought she would forget about it or not want to do it any more, but as summer approached she was still talking about it.  Summer break came and as we were talking about things the girls wanted to do this summer this was top of Kaylee's list.  So lemonade stand it was!  We put it on the calendar and the date was set!  Now being pregnant and the thought of doing this in the heat sounded awful so I made sure we picked a Saturday that Daddy could sit outside in the miserable heat help. :)  So we found a great lemonade recipe, bought some lemons, and the excitement began!

Kaylee helped squeeze all the lemons and prepare the lemonade

Now of course when I saw this cute stuff at Target it was a must!

We set the stuff up at the end of our street because right in front of our house does not get much traffic.  Hey, if you are going to do it you better do it right, right?!  This picture was pre-wonderful big umbrella.  After about a few minutes of being out there our neighbor who lives right there on the corner brought out a wonderful stand and big umbrella for us to use.  It was a life saver and Mommy made it outside longer then expected.  The free lemonade also helped too!

The beauty of having your own lemonade stand is the all-you-can-drink lemonade

Memaw came by to help too!

Now before we started this wonderful adventure I was worried Kaylee would be really disappointed if we did not get many customers.  Well, Mama was wrong.  I guess we picked a good day and a good neighborhood location because we got lots of traffic.  I know that big red umbrella also helped draw lots of attention!  The girls both made out pretty good!  Operation Lemonade stand completed!