Today is a warm day in Chicagoland. Really this whole week has been!
My boys decided today was the day to break out the good ole lemonade stand. My 10-year-old Hunter was the ring leader of some neighbor kids and he got the supplies, change, and of course, comfy chairs for these captains of industry to sit in fine style.
Occasionally throughout the day, I would get a market report from him on how the traffic was going, how much of a fortune they had created and whether Inc. 500 had called to do a cover on them. Well, okay, that last one was just a fleeting daydream...sorry.
Finally the time came to go outside and have them clean up and prepare for other mountains to climb tonight as a family. Namely, getting three boys to want to clean up and look nice for church. Ugghh.
Once outside, Hunter began describing their strategy. It included a stationary location for the "store" and two wandering kids with signs trying to lure the passing traffic over. This was very impressive. He even called it their "advertising"!
But the best for me was their overall strategy to hit this seniors' community of duplexes down the street. They understood the heart-pull of grandmas and grandpas seeing little ones selling lemonade.
Is that cool? I was so proud of him and the company. I even mentioned helping them build a more visible "booth" for them and potentially a mobile cart to get those grandparents down the road. You recognize this of course...it is the heart speaking through the mouth and bypassing the brain!
I can now see that the enjoyment I had in watching them sell their lemonade and act so sophisticated, just changed into a vision of me, tools, parts and lots of frustrating moments confirming my ineptitude mechanically.
Oh well...what a ride it is to parent children...I think I'll just savor the moment for now...
Comments
Apr. 26, 2006 - Yep
Posted by tn3jcarter
We can take something so simple and make it into something complicated. And A LOT harder on ourselves! Ha!