Well, our yard sale yesterday was a bust. Or at least it was for me. It was just too cold and there wasn't a lot of people out. Hannah on the other hand did great! Hannah has been wanting 'Rainbow Dashes Bedroom' (It's a baby My Little Pony) for a while now but it was $20. So Bobby & I decided that if she earned 500 stars on her Chore Chart we would buy it for her (which would have taken her 2-3 months). But after watching an episode of 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' where they have a yard sale and the twins sell drinks...I had an epiphany!! Hannah could make cupcakes and sell them at the yard sale to earn the money for her toy. She loved this idea and we had so much fun baking and decorating her cupcakes. She made Devil's Food with Cream Cheese Icing and Rainbow Chip with Strawberry Mist Icing. We decorated half of each batch with sprinkles. I must say that these c.c. were beautiful and tasty!!
I set up her little table and her chair along with the sign I made for her so she would have a "Cupcake Stand." She sold her c.c. for 50 cents each and she made $18 (which was a lot better than what I made!!) She wouldn't take "no" for an answer either! My uncle came out to look around and Hannah asked him to buy a cupcake. He said he wasn't hungry b/c he'd just had a big lunch. So Hannah picks out a cupcake and takes it to him. After he took it she just stood there with her hand out waiting for her money!! I think I need her sales skills with my Avon!
So that evening she took her $18 along with the $6 from Papa and headed off to Wal-Mart to buy her toy. It was one of those moments for me that makes me want to cry because I was so proud that Hannah had worked to earn the money she needed and had fun in the process.
Hannah also had a little friend to play with at the yard sale. Jessie was baby sitting her cousin (from her dad's side) and she brought him to the sale. His name is Kenneth but they call him Bubba (we are in the south you know). He's three years old as well and they had a blast!!! I got some really cute pics of them playing together.
It was hard not to eat all these while we were decorating them...
*sorry this picture is a little dark but you can still how marvelous they look!!*
I set up her little table and her chair along with the sign I made for her so she would have a "Cupcake Stand." She sold her c.c. for 50 cents each and she made $18 (which was a lot better than what I made!!) She wouldn't take "no" for an answer either! My uncle came out to look around and Hannah asked him to buy a cupcake. He said he wasn't hungry b/c he'd just had a big lunch. So Hannah picks out a cupcake and takes it to him. After he took it she just stood there with her hand out waiting for her money!! I think I need her sales skills with my Avon!
So that evening she took her $18 along with the $6 from Papa and headed off to Wal-Mart to buy her toy. It was one of those moments for me that makes me want to cry because I was so proud that Hannah had worked to earn the money she needed and had fun in the process.
Hannah also had a little friend to play with at the yard sale. Jessie was baby sitting her cousin (from her dad's side) and she brought him to the sale. His name is Kenneth but they call him Bubba (we are in the south you know). He's three years old as well and they had a blast!!! I got some really cute pics of them playing together.
It was hard not to eat all these while we were decorating them...
*sorry this picture is a little dark but you can still how marvelous they look!!*
Hannah's cupcake stand.
Bubba helps Hannah run her stand.
Looking for stray sprinkles (several times I had to reprimand them for picking sprinkles off the cupcakes!!)
Holding hands and playing.
