The Bake Sale

Oh, sweet Lucy.  She has been wanting to have a "bake sale" for the last three years of her life.  She has had visions of money pouring in as she sells cookies and brownies all day.  Well, she decided a few weeks ago that she was going to save up for a lap top computer.  She got on Amazon, Walmart.com, and Target.com to see how much she needed to save.  She printed out a calendar and wrote down the extra chores she would do on certain days to get money.  Then, just a day or two later, the bake sale idea came up again.  

I'm not sure why I have always been so "anti-bake sale".  It just feels weird to make a bunch of stuff, that obviously I made because my child is ten years old and can't do it all herself, and then sell it in front of your house.  To be honest, it's just kind of embarrassing.  After talking it over with Jason, we decided to give in and let her do it just once.  

We had given her the go ahead, but had not committed to a date yet.  She and her new friend, Ivana, wrote up a bunch of flyers that they were going to tape on people's door the day before.  Lucy asked every day if we had decided on a date.  Finally, after a week or bugging us, she came with a list of possible dates written down on a paper that we could choose from.  This girl is persistent.  We chose a Saturday morning, after soccer games, to put on the grand event.  She filled in the flyers, took them around with her friends, and then planned the menu.  I agreed to oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (one of the only things I bake), rice crispy treats (another from my very short list) and Jason got up early Saturday morning to make a big pan of brownies.  We charged Lucy $5.00 for supplies and labor  I think she got a great deal.  

The scheduled time arrived.  Lucy and a few of her friends set-up their little sale and started calling in the customers.  Lucy got out her karaoke machine and they each took turns yelling into the microphone, "BAKE SALE!  BAKE SALE!  COME GET OUR COOKIES, BROWNIES, AND OTHER YUMMY TREATS!"  It was loud....real loud, but they were having a great time.  

After an hour or so, a few of the goodies sold out.  Then it became a bake sale/dance party.  

Meanwhile, Graham and his buddies were looking for something to do.  This is, of course, after they got tired of making Lucy crazy outside trying to out yell them on their microphone.  Or trying to steal cookies and brownies.  They brought their party inside.  

Megan

Lucy, Ivana

Camila, Amelia, Bailey

The sale was a success!  Lucy earned about $30 and she had a great time with her friends!