The girls bugged Aaron and I for about two weeks to have a Hot chocolate stand. We tried to come up with every excuse in the book. One, we live in a cul de sac in the country where we get maybe two cars that drive by because they are coming home from work in the evening. Then they suggested that we do it at Grandpa and Grandma's but they don't get a lot of traffic either. Then we tried to explain that it is so so cold and they would only last about 2 minutes outside. Looking back I feel a little bad that we tried to dissuade then so much. Finally last Saturday we had it with their persistence. Aron told then to gather all of their warn clothes and we would head up to Nana's to have their hot chocolate stand. The entire way up I tried to bring their expectations down. I told them that no one may stop and that's ok. I keep reiterating how cold it was. It was about 20, 25 degrees and the sun was on the verge of starting to set.
Once at my mom's Aaron quickly set up a table, found an extension cord to plug the coco-motion into so the hot chocolate would stay warm. Carter and I watched all of this from the front window. Aaron was so sweet because their sign they made kept flapping and blowing off the table, so he went and found small rocks to tape to the back of their sign to keep them weighted down. What a dad!
(I love that I got Carter in the top corner. He wanted to be outside so bad)
Carter, my mom and I watched and waited as car after car drove by. We told the girls to smile and wave to get people's attention but to not avail. Finally I saw a suburban drive by and then flip a U-turn just past my mom's house. It was her sweet neighbor Sarah. She came out of her car and bought the first cup. My heart melted to see them so excited. A few minutes went by and Aaron 's parents showed up (after Aaron gave them a heads up) Before we know it they had a whole crowd of people. Sweet neighbors of my mom's and their kids. We actually ran out of hot chocolate at one point and were scrambling to make more. Finally after the crowd dissipated, and the girls decided that it was too cold to continue they called it quits.
After a 1/2 hour they had made just about $8. They were so excited! I couldn't believe it either and felt badly that we had tried to discourage them so much. It melted my heart and made me cry (I cry over everything these days) to see everyone stop for my little sweethearts.
I will never be able to drive by a lemon aid stand ever again and not stop!
