Got Lemonade!!

The girls have been BEGGING me, and I mean begging me, FOREVER to have a lemonade stand. We finally did it. It was a great success. The pictures are of the girls - Kendra, Syd and Halla and their first customer. The girls made about 3 dollars each which is fantastic. Don't you love the fan that Rob drug out with an extension cord to help the girls in the Texas heat!! I was their second customer and took a sip of my special cup of lemonade...let's just say the girls were in charge of everything including making the lemonade. It was WAY to strong. I had to step in and add lots of water and ice. I am so proud and happy for them. They learned how to give correct change, how to greet a customer - as in "Hey, come get some lemonade" at the top of their lungs and to give out free lemonade to your friends. All in all it was a great day.

Let there be PIE!

I keep encouraging the girls that they can fend for themselves in the kitchen and now my hard work is paying off. I have taught the girls awhile ago to make themselves easy meals to start with...think cereal and milk. If the milk made it in the bowl it was a good day. Then the girls graduated to scrambled eggs with success and pancakes. Now they both are wanting to cook.. cook.. cook. I can't keep up with the demands. Kendra and Sydney took a kid's cooking class this summer and have been making creations from the cookbook to show mom and dad what they have learned. Sydney made dinner the other night with a littler supervision...Tex Mex meatloaf and potatoes foil packets that we cooked in the oven for dinner. It was pretty darn good. Kendra has been cooking up a storm this week. There have been cookies, pancakes and now PIE!!! I am so proud of both my girls. Now if we could just master cleanup!