Cookies for Sale!

For the past couple of weeks, Mark and I have been mulling over the idea of taking the kids on a cruise for their Christmas presents this year. Our Friends, the Albrechts, approached us and invited us to go with them and their family because they had found a great deal through the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. The deal they found was that kids sail free. We decided we should jump at the chance, especially since it was a great deal. Neither Mark nor I have been on a cruise before and we thought it would be fun to not only go with another family but go with them since they could show us the ropes since they had been on this particular cruise before. We surprised the kids and since then the kids have been chomping at the bit to earn money for souvenirs. 

The kids have been begging me to let them have a lemonade stand since school let out, but I wasn't too excited about it. I told them that very few people ever stop and it ends up being a sticky mess for everyone involved. I told them that we needed to get creative and we did just that! I had the thought come to me that most people like homemade cookies and so I presented that Idea to the kids. They were on board and they jumped at the chance.

We made a deal that I would make the cookie dough and bake the cookies, while they set up the chairs outside,decorate signs and make thank you notes to staple to some brown paper bags (that i had on hand) to help put their customers cookies in. The kids worked so hard! The three of us decided to sell Chocolate Chip cookies and White Cranberry chip cookies on this afternoon. 

The Cookie stand was a huge success and the kids ended up making a whopping $42! It was so funny to watch the kids in the neighborhood, as well as, some of the adults in the neighborhood stop by and buy warm cookies. We got several requests from neighbors to do our cookie stand more often. Funny things is, is that I have earned a good reputation with sharing my home baked goodies with the neighbors so it was fun to have the neighbors come running for my baked goods! The kids were so giddy helping their customers and with the amount of money they made! 

 In the end it was a lot of work for me but It was worth every bit to see Kaleb and Karmindy so excited. It was also a good lesson on hard work. Unfortunately, now Kaleb and Karmindy think they should do a cookie stand every week now since they earned big bucks the first time around! I think I only have one cookie stand in me each summer! Until next year....