I'm not sure where the idea came from, but for a couple of months, the girls had been asking to have a lemonade stand. Moving and cooler weather prevented this undertaking before we left Iowa. When we first got to Memphis, it just never seemed to be the right time. I promised them that we could do this once we got into the apartment--and I added that we'd probably get more customers there since there is a steady stream of residents. They held me to that promise one very hot August Saturday (we figured it was only 98 degrees that day, practically Antarctic weather compared to the 105-110 we'd been blessed with in preceding weeks). They helped stir the lemonade and put the lemon slices in the cups with me. We took ice separately, so when we had buyers, their lemonade was ice cold but not yet watered down--and each cup had a fresh lemon slice as well. We had 8 customers in an hour, lots of "awwww"s and grins, and many compliments on the taste of the lemonade itself. Gotta love the CountryTime folks!
The stand came from Linens & Things (thanks, Granna!). I know in the old days, kids made their own out of refrigerator boxes or card tables, but who has time for that!? The girls DID color this one, though, making it semi-homemade. Good enough!
taste-testing
Who can resist buying lemonade from this kid!?
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