One Small Step in His Father's Footsteps

JJ never passes up a chance to stop by a lemonade stand. He's stopped at a couple with Daniel this summer, and Daniel asked time after time if he could "do a lemonade stand" too. After playing pretend lemonade stand hundreds of times in the front lawn, we finally decided to attempt the real deal.

Thanks to some great neighbors, and some generous passersby, Daniel made $13.00 at his first lemonade stand earlier this summer. Sure, Chase slipped a few soft pretzels - our novelty treat, but all in all it was a success. The best part is that Daniel wanted to buy some toys with his money - very specific toys: tow trucks or other big trucks that pull stuff, and a car carrier of sorts. We shopped around and Daniel found two, great trucks at Goodwill. His bill totaled $3.75 and on the way home he said, "It's like Christmas and I bought my own presents!" Indeed he did.