Lemonade stand

Causes have a special place in our heart around here. I am always touched by stories of human suffering and jump at the chance to reach out and help. Ella is the same. She is been wanting to put up a lemonade stand for a while, and has been thinking what she really wants to do with the earned money. About a month ago she announced that she's like to maybe do a children's book drive, something like 'lemonade for books' and donate the books to a Children's hospital. I got to work and looked around on the area's hospital's websites. We went with Texas Children's Hospital in Sugar Land. They were happily accepting books but new books only, for obvious reasons.

She got to work and with a little bit of help with mommy, she made this nice poster:

I spread the word on my facebook page, in Relief Society, and at her summer camp school. We invited local friends and neighbors to stop by for some fresh ice cold lemonade.

So a couple of Saturdays back, she set up camp in the bright hot sun in the front yard selling lemonade.

Notice the cute umbrellas attached to the chairs? Hrishi got those and they came in so handy!! 

Isn't that the cutest lemonade seller ever??? :-)

With her first customers:

I'm so grateful for human generosity. To me that starts with simply stopping by to see what's this all about, and chat with this little child of mine. It meant a lot.

With her earnings. She was happy and proud but most importantly, she had this nice warm feeling inside, she told me. It didn't only envelope her heart but also mine and Hrishi's.

The lemonade was delicious, we made pink and mixed in Sprite. She got a lot of compliments for it.

She made $35 from the lemonade sale and Hrishi and I donated some more and she got a bunch of books and a DVD to donate.

She loved doing it and is already planning next year's event: a cupcake bake sale. We'll probably do it around Valentine's Day.  Yay for service!!