Donuts for Sale

Clay is such a good dad. One Saturday in March, it was unusually warm and the kids were out taking advantage! A couple of the girls down the street had made a Kool-Aid stand and were selling it for 50 cents a cup! All of the girls joined in, recruiting people to come buy the small cup of it. Apparently the days of 10 cents a cup are LONG gone!

Addie really wanted to sell something after seeing her friends doing it and Clay got a great idea to make up some donuts for her to sell. Of course, Addie was on board for that! While he made the donuts (yes, they were homemade donuts), Addie and her friends got her table set up outside, a cup for the money and her easel with a donuts for sale sign all ready.

By the time the donuts were almost ready, the crowd of kids had faded but Addie was walking around outside yelling, homemade donuts for sale in 15 minutes! Occasionally I'd hear her yell, donuts for free and I had to give her a quick money lesson that if she said the donuts were free, they would not be paying for them so she quickly stopped saying that!

Finally, Clay brought out a dozen or so donuts and Addie and her friend started the selling process. She mostly sold to neighbors on the street but they were also able to get a few people passing by to stop and purchase one or two!

When the last donut was gone, she brought her money inside. At $.75 each, she definitely did pretty well for herself! She gave her friend some of the money for helping her (a bit begrudgingly--but she did it) and then got to keep the rest for her piggy bank to save for a trip to Disneyland! The next day she was already asking me what else she could sell to make some money!

Clay was such a good dad to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon, in the kitchen making donuts so his little girl could have a "donut stand" and earn some money!!!