EG has been asking for a while now to have a lemonade stand. So this week I finally got around to putting it together. If you were driving down the road and saw these cuties selling lemonade, would you stop?
If you did, you would delight them and they'd have you choose from pink
or regular. It would be a really nice afternoon treat for everyone involved. BUT IF
YOU DIDN'T STOP, you might hear one little boy yelling "STUPID" at your
car as you cruised past their stand. Yep, the boss of this lemonade
stand has her work cut out for her. Customer service is not our strong suit in general. We're working on expressing our disappointment in ways that honor the Lord. It's actually a lesson I am in the midst of learning as well. Yelling STUPID happens not to be among the appropriate responses, despite what my kiddos think at this point in their lives.
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We made eight dollars and had PLENTY of teachable moments about how to greet customers (please, thank you) and how NOT to respond to those who didn't stop. Hopefully, by God's grace, we're making progress in that area as well.
That was a lot of work. And I'm not talking about selling the lemonade!
3 comments:
that is HILARIOUS! Did you bust out laughing when he first yelled "stupid" or did you manage to put on your mom face?
If I had been there (I would have picked pink, and gotten two cups of lemonade) I would have busted out laughing.
Tell Jack that he is not the only one who calls people names. Sometimes I do too (in my mind anyway). Maybe we can learn to do better together. EA, I know it was a lot of work to have that lemonade stand, but think of the wonderful memory you made with those guys. (and all the lessons learned :)
I would like a cup of pink lemonade please. :)
Wow--you are one amazing mama! Eli ALWAYS stops for lemonade stands...it doesn't matter if we are on the other side of the street...it doesn't matter if we are late somewhere...he always stops. So, we would like to place an order for 4 cups, please!
I agree with your mom that it must have been an amazing amount of work. Good teachable moments with your babies. You are amazing, EA!
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