Cleaning up the house, I found a little list, drafted by the girl and a friend:
They've been making elaborate plans to sell things and raise money for either their American Girl Doll Club* or for charity**. In fact, they were selling rocks door to door one day. They really want a table at the farmer's market, but except for the home-grown rocks, none of it really qualifies as local produce.
Instead, they're going to set up shop at the end of my driveway. I'll let you know when they do, because you know you need to buy:
- Rocks
- Books
- Beads
- Lemonade
- Knick-knacks
- American Girl Doll Club passes
- Wands
- Brooms
- Old Toys We Don't Need
- Toy Trucks
- Paper Dolls
- Origami
- Legos
- Puppets
- Coloring Books
*They invented the American Girl Doll Club. It has very complicated by-laws, and I think I'm an officer. Sometimes you have to buy a pass to belong, other times they just hand them out on the bus. There might be a soap-box derby race involved. It's all very confusing. I just smile and nod.
**Ah, charity. I've tried to get her to be a little more specific, and I don't get much farther than "someplace that helps old people", or "the library". I keep telling her that if you're selling rocks for "charity", people are going to want to know where the money's going.
12 comments:
I think "Rocks for Rocking Chairs" has a nice ring to it...
Let me know when she sells "oragomy". I'm standing by!
oh, wow. my sisters and i had a cat club. our neighbors joined, for a small donation. i can't remember what we did with the money, but suspect it was along the lines of penny candy.
i was laughing about the rocks for sale, but then i remembered pet rocks.
They are very enterprising! I am very tickled by the idea of them selling rocks door to door.
Locally grown rocks for stone soup. It's a no-brainer.
i love the thought of selling rocks. for charity.
my kids wanted a lemonade stand this weekend. (thankfully i thought) we didnt have any lemonade, or lemons.
so they decided to sell water.
when i said i was concerned no one would want to buy water, they said, "don't worry. we'll call it water flavored lemonade."
I think selling rocks is a childhood rite of passage!
I'm good on rocks (pea gravel playground at school, omfg), but I bet the paper dolls and oragomy are awesome.
So sweet. It shows they're thinking!
Last summer, the V-meister found a jagged piece of glass in our backyard and was going to try to sell it for ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
Ha! "I just smile and nod." Yup. I find many childhood inventions are just too complex for an adult mind to follow.
I'll buy some paper dolls and lemonade but I'll pay with some pebbles
I LOVE the pupets and colring books, and Lagos. Delightful!
;-)
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