The girls decided to have their first lemonade stand today. After breakfast we immediately started baking sugar cookies and stirring up a huge batch of lemonade, and the 3 girls got out paper and markers and started working on their sign. Poppy didn’t think two sheets of paper was big enough, so he hunted down a huge white cardboard box from the garage and they did it up right with a free-standing sign that was sure to catch everyone’s attention! Kiera thought we should charge 10 cents per glass, but we assured her that 25 cents would still be the cheapest glass of lemonade and cookie on Nantucket. The going rate is closer to $1.00, but we couldn’t do that out of principle. They also charged 25 cents for a squirt from their squirt gun, but we decided we’d do that for free with a purchase (-; We had a few takers, but most of the water was used on each other; Kendall was soaked an hour into it.
We set up shop on the corner of Madaket Road and Cambridge, right on the bike path, and quickly had our first of many happy customers. My parents house is right near the end of the 6 mile ride out from town, so it was a perfect place to be and we met lots of nice people. After paying back their banker (poppy), the girls each had a profit of $10 so they felt great about that and are anxious to go to town for find their souvenirs.
We rode our bikes down to the beach that afternoon, loaded with towels, drinks, and kadema paddles. The girls are getting so used to the water and waves now and it’s fun to watch them. Kiera is especially having a great time in the waves and she looks like a seal out there, diving through the surf and riding in the waves. She stays out there hours at a time and only comes in to flash me her beautiful smile and remind me to keep watching her (no book reading for this mom).
The rest of the crew came down in the jeep after Ellie woke up and brought the boogie boards, so Dave took Kiera and Kendall out in the surf and they all were riding waves together for the rest of the afternoon.
Carla made us a delicious dinner of homemade salsa and chicken enchiladas while I sat and chatted with my dad on the deck. We eat like royalty out here and still all have turns to relax since everyone takes their turn cooking and cleaning. Works well for me (especially tonight!).
We set up shop on the corner of Madaket Road and Cambridge, right on the bike path, and quickly had our first of many happy customers. My parents house is right near the end of the 6 mile ride out from town, so it was a perfect place to be and we met lots of nice people. After paying back their banker (poppy), the girls each had a profit of $10 so they felt great about that and are anxious to go to town for find their souvenirs.
We rode our bikes down to the beach that afternoon, loaded with towels, drinks, and kadema paddles. The girls are getting so used to the water and waves now and it’s fun to watch them. Kiera is especially having a great time in the waves and she looks like a seal out there, diving through the surf and riding in the waves. She stays out there hours at a time and only comes in to flash me her beautiful smile and remind me to keep watching her (no book reading for this mom).
The rest of the crew came down in the jeep after Ellie woke up and brought the boogie boards, so Dave took Kiera and Kendall out in the surf and they all were riding waves together for the rest of the afternoon.
Carla made us a delicious dinner of homemade salsa and chicken enchiladas while I sat and chatted with my dad on the deck. We eat like royalty out here and still all have turns to relax since everyone takes their turn cooking and cleaning. Works well for me (especially tonight!).
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