Lemonade stand for Red Cross and the ‘Hurricane Sandy Appeal’

So proud of the girls this week. They made their own lemonade, having looked up a recipe on the Internet themselves, and then decided to set up a stand and sell it to raise funds for the Red Cross and the ‘Hurricane Sandy Appeal’.

I first got an inkling of their idea when I walked into the kitchen to see Charlotte hand-squeezing lemons, whilst wearing a pair of swimming goggles. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photograph at the time… but we did invest in a little machine to make the task a little easier…

They aren’t always such good citizens (and sometimes the way the treat one another leaves me aghast) but, in this instance, they put on their peace keeping hats and cooperated with great results! Our neighbour’s daughter helped to set it up too. They came up with everything themselves – including canvasing for customers at the local playground! My oldest daughter also volunteered herself for a water pistol target – changing into her togs!

They also had a lot of fun squeezing the lemons (I’m trying not to think about how sticky the kitchen floor got in the process!) and Alice thought balancing the lemon skins on top of one another was a great game.