Jack's First Lemonade Stand

On Saturday we had a moving sale. This prompted a great home-schooling lesson so we went for it - an old fashion lemonade stand. Jack was very keen. We talked about making change, refreshed on all the different coins, tithing, profit margin, sign-making etc. It was fun, and anyone who knows Jack knows that he had lots of questions. We made cookies which were to be sold for 20 pence and cups of lemonade which would be sold for 10 pence. 

Jack's goal - all good salesmen have a goal - was to make enough money to buy him and Theo a McDonald's milkshake. He was a little nervous about whether he would get to this goal. We calculated that if he sold everything we had made he would earn £3.80. He said if he didn't sell everything that he and Theo could share a milkshake, but after a five second silence, he quickly added that they had never had their own (a little pressure on the mother here!). 

We are happy to report that his first lemonade stand and cookie selling was a huge success. He made £11.37 - he also learned the lesson of very generous people and tips!  We talked about how he had enough to buy everyone in our family a milkshake. Please excuse me now, I am off to McDonalds! 

Eliot's First Bath

Eliot had his first bath today. I think when you wait three weeks and are the youngest of four kids this type of event turns into a family affair. Everyone was there watching and by all accounts all seemed to enjoy themselves - Eliot included. 

Crying Won't Do You No Good

Charles collected Theo from pre-school today. On the way home, they had some father son bonding time listening to Led Zeppelin - which is usually frowned upon with Mom in the car. When they got home and got out of the car Theo made the following comment unprompted, 'Robert Plant is right. Crying won't do you no good.'

Apparently the song they were listening to was called When the Levee Breaks, and there is a line that Robert Plant sings that says 'Crying won't help you. Crying won't do you no good.'

This is a good thing for Theo to learn (although we will need a separate English lesson to correct the poor grammar), but come on, what three-year-old knows the lead singer of Led Zeppelin?

Tuckered Out

Being a big brother is hard work - Theo asleep in bed tonight - 

I use to be small...

But now I am big! We just couldn't stop taking pictures of Addie holding Eliot. She was so proud of herself.