Anne and the kids had a great idea to open up a stand and sell something in front of our house during the Park Avenue Festival this year. It was decided that homemade kettle corn would be the item to sell, at the low,low price of $0.50 per bag.
So Anne made a sign and set up a table with two chairs and an umbrella and we waited.
And waited.
Their friend Katie came by with her dad and we made our first sale - 2 bags! After that, we had a mix of neighbors and strangers, all perfectly happy to buy bags of kettle corn for .50. Some even contributed to the cause and gave $1.
William got a little confused during all of this and tried to give people money as they were walking past the house.
At several points, Anne had to go inside and pop more popcorn when we ran out. At one point, a tipsy couple came by and the woman said to Mary Grace "Oh, you want some money?" and proceeded to give her a few dollars. Thank you very much!
Soon, the trickle of people stopped and the kids started playing in the front yard instead, picking leaves off of bushes and pulling weeds out of the lawn. Daddy was left with a few bags of kettle corn, which he gladly ate.
Notes for next year: Start before 2:30pm on Sunday. We totally missed out on a large customer base
Also, educate the kids on selling rather than eating. They got bored and ate a large portion of their profits!
If William is manning the stand I'll stop by for sure next year!
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