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Reilly Academy
Jan. 10, 2007
Goody Wagon
The Goody Wagon finally made it's debut on Sunday. It was a long time coming but we finally managed to get it together. Fortunately, Dad suggested that they buy most of the treats from Sam's Club leaving us to only make a couple homemade goodies.
We went the night before to Sam's and Erin used her money to buy boxes of candy. She ended up spending $62. When they came home Dad set down with them to figure out what they should charge for each item. 
We then decided on the homemade treats they would make. After much discussion, they decided on homemade cinnamon rolls and chocolate oat cookies. Looking back we should have baked these the day before because something went wrong with the cookies and the cinnamon rolls had to rise a total of 21/2 hours.
 Erin and Connor grinding the grain for the cinnamon rolls.
 The cinnamon rolls. This picture doesn't do them justice they are huge.
This is a 10x15 inch pan.
 This is a photo of Erin and Connor selling door to door. The girl by the wagon is the next door neighbor. Before they were through selling they each had a friend come and help.
This is Connor, his good friend Caleb and the Goody Wagon.
What a great learning experience. They found it harder to talk to customers than they had anticipated. I don't think they had planned on people turning them down, so that was hard to take at first. Erin ended up getting flustered with totaling up the sales. She was however quite good at making change (we had practiced this before they went out.), this is more than some of the cashiers at Mc Donalds can do so I am quite proud of her.
In the end they ended up with $47. Not bad for a couple of hours of sales!
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