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Saturday, 05 May 2012 00:00 |
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I’m not sure where she got the idea in her head but Hazel has been looking forward to the Blackburn Hamlet community garage sale for over a month now because she’s been wanting to have a lemonade stand.
Last weekend we built the stand. Midweek we picked up some lemonade and pink lemonade juice cans along with some lemons and some cups. Friday night Hazel drew her signage and we practised her spiel. Saturday morning at 7AM we opened for business.
The typical customer interaction went like this:
Customer: Could I have some lemonade?
Hazel: Yes. Yellow or pink?
Hazel would then pour some lemonade into a glass sometimes with the help of her cousins when the pitcher was full. Then she would take the quarter received and put it into her pink piggy bank.
Customer: That’s very good lemonade.
Hazel (shyly): Thank you.(Prompt from Dad) Come back later!
Our rough estimate is she went through seven juice cans, over 80 cups and made a little over $20 selling lemonade at 25 cents a glass. |
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Monday, 12 March 2012 14:01 |
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Weather is not cooperating for a good maple syrup season . . . either too cold or too warm!
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Tuesday February 21
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Early thaw!
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| Friday February 24 |
Snowstorm! Cold snap returns
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| Friday March 2 |
After a cold week of nothing - a spring day |
Saturday March 3
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Aaargh! Cold weather returns
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Wednesday March 7
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A good day
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Sunday, 25 September 2011 00:00 |
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Hazel went to the dentist for the first earlier this week and was told she had two loose teeth. She’s been wriggling one of the bottom ones at the front regularly since then at by lunchtime Sunday – you could see it was ready to come out as it hurt her to bite down on some corn.
So with a little gentle nudging she let me pull it out.
Quick and painless. She had been a sourpuss all morning but her mood picked up considerably with the excitement of a potential visit from the tooth fairy who she knows through the Pinkalicious series of books. |
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Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:00 |
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Following a family dinner Friday night which turned into a Pinkalicious gift giving extravanza, we had an outdoor picnic party for Hazel on her actual birthday with some of her friends from the neighbourhood.
Aline had baked a beautiful cake which met Hazel’s three requirements: a unicorn, a rainbow and pink.
The weather had forecasted rain but it held off and was nice outside where the kids played chase, find the marshmallows with a blindfold and spoon, and dragged each other around in a wagon in in the backyard. Andrew and Geoff made mistake of helping. The rest of the parents chatted in the front until the party ended around 2:30.
Good times. Hazel was pretty well-behaved and with a little gentle reminder thanked her friends for the gifts. |
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