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Sep. 19, 2008 - My Children: Entrepreneurs in Training

My children see their mother earning a living online with the things that I'm passionate about: homemaking and motherhood.  They inspire me now with their efforts.

It is said that teaching your children to be entrepreneurs is one of the important things you can teach your children as it involves: planning, discipline, math, organizational skills, money, people skills, etc.   I took this to heart and bought my children the book "Beyond the Lemonade Stand: Starting Small to make it Big".  It is written to teach and inspire children to earn money on their own.  It is filled with creative ideas, stories and testimonials from other children.  My kids cart this book around everywhere, and especially when they are setting up their next "selling booth".

Several years ago, my kids set up a lemonade stand on our street corner on a hot, sunny Texas afternoon.  They had a table, chairs, ice cold lemonade, paper cups and a big colorful sign.  They had people literally lined up to buy lemonade.  As it neared supper time I had to drag them and the stand back inside.  They didn't want to stop earning money!  We counted up their till.  They earned over $40 and each glass of lemonade was only 25 cents! 

Every time we have a garage sale, my kids make up brownies and cookies to sell at the garage sale.  They never seem to price the items above 25 cents and they sell like hotcakes.  All the kids are there with their money and the adults love homemade baked goods!

Last month, the girls decided they wanted to sell baked goods again.  I told them the best time was in the late afternoon when all the kids were out.  They made two varieties of cookies with a sample plate.  The cookies were brown sugar shortbread cookies and coconut macaroons.  They set up their table in front of the house and make a bright colorful sign.  They borrowed my red and white checkered tablecloth to make it more homey since they were selling fresh baked goods.  Immediately the sales rolled in.  No one even cared about the samples.  At 25 cents a cookie no kids could resist and most kids have that much change lying around.   The adults were buying too.  When a car would drive in or out of our court, they would stop and buy a cookie or two.  Just when I had come outside to tell them to wrap it up, a woman pulled up in her jeep and said she wanted all the cookies left.  She bought them all for her and her kids to snack on while they traveled home.  The girls were super excited by that last sale!  They made over $20 on cookies!

My two eldest daughters, Cailynn and Chrisy, have a mentor teaching them how to crochet.  They are both excellent at the chains and I'm trying to be patient with the long chains all over the house.  They finally came up with a use for this talent too.  They are making belts, bracelets, toe rings, and anklet "chains".  They reasonably priced them at, you guessed it, 25 cents!  They had so many kids lined up tonight when I called them in, that they promised to finish the "orders" tomorrow.

"It goes to show you that every business venture- no matter how small- is worthwhile.  And every entrepreneur, no matter how young, can become a big success!" - Bill Rancic,  Beyond the Lemonade Stand
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Sep. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Juldos
Thank you for visiting my blog and for your sweet comment. Amy is my friend, not daughter, who has ovarian cancer. Thank you for your prayers.
Happy Saturday,
Julie D.
p.s. you have a lovely family and I know you are very proud of your entrepaneurs. : )
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Oct. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by erbcmichele
I read your post with a smile, remembering my daughter wanting to sell apples at age 5 to earn money. I think I will get that book. She has ideas and talent but has never quite gotten the entrepeneurial thing going. Thanks for sharing.

ps. thanks for the comment at my blog. it was encouraging.
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Books Read for 2009
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Raising Real Men by Hal and Melanie Young
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts by Cici McNair
The Runner's Diet by Madelyn H. Fernstrom
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Biggest Loser Fitness Plan
The U.S. Constitution for Everyone by Mort Gerberg
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book by Louise L. Hay
The Well Trained Mind
Doctrine and Covenants
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay
1776 by David McCullough
Follow the River by Thom
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Through the Window of Life by Suzanne Freeman
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Judge Me, Dear Reader by Erwin Wirkus
Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth
FedEd by Allen Quist
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis


Books Read for 2008
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Prevention's Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss By Chris Freytag
Shrink Your Female Fat Zones By Denise Austin
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman
The Bonds That Make You Free
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James L Wilson
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Hiding in Plain Site By Ken Bowers
Going Home (Brides of Webster County #1) by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village By Colleen Down
Ten Peas in a Pod by Arnold Pent III
One Tattered Angel by Blaine M. Yorgason


Finished 2007:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Homeschooling Methods by Paul and Gina Suarez
I'm Going to be the Greatest Mom Ever by Terri Camp
If it Weren't for Eve, I'd be a Perfect Wife by Terri Camp
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
She's Gonna Blow by Julie Ann Barnhill
I Didn't Plan to be a Witch by Linda Eyre
Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner: Personal Discoveries of a Mother of Twelve by Jaroldeen Edwards
The other Eminent Men of Wilford Woodruff By Vicki Jo Anderson
Arm the Children by Arthur Henry King


Books Read as a Family 2007:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
King Arthur Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang
Ten and Twenty


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