May 1, 2010
As I took the picture of my, now annual, Mother's Day mulch arriving, I realized I have been doing this blog for a year now! I think one of my first postings had the same picture (maybe a differnt truck) of those 5 yards of of dirt being dumped all over our driveway! Just another way of realizing time goes by just way too fast! I love having a way to get out all those little events that happen in our everyday life, to all of you. Thanks for taking the time to read all of it! Let's see if I can keep it up another year...
We had a little something extra the day this mulch arrived and that was a lemonade stand in our front yard! Grace and her friend Emma (our neighbor) decided they wanted to put one together. So the night before, we worked very hard on posters and Grammy made her famous chocolate chip cookies till the wee hours of the morning so we could sell them too! They also decided, on their own, that they wanted the proceeds to go to St. Jude's hospital (as they have been learning about this in school!)
There is one thing I've learned from this lemonade stand process and I am passing this on to all of you as well since I feel it's so important. No matter how busy you might be, or how late you may be for something PLEASE stop at the next lemonade you see and make the day of a little boy or girl!!! I am guilty no doubt, thinking "i just don't have time to stop now" or "i feel really bad just driving by, but It is kind of a hassle". When a car
did stop, it was like they won the lottery!! We used the opportunity to tell them that it's tough "running a business" and it may not always work out like you had hoped..good life lessons, right? Either way, Chris and I have made a pact to stop at as many stands as possible and we urge you to do the same!!!I I promise you those kids will remember it and talk about you for days to come (as my kids did!!)
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