This is the first year we have been home during the Liberty Lake Yard Sale Weekend Extravaganza... and holy moly... I don't think we will miss it again!! It is sheer Laura happiness. Yard Sale Heaven... seriously Yard Sales all over the place. People gear up for this event all year long! And I can see why...streets are packed with buyers!!! Don't try and drive in Liberty Lake this weekend.... it just won't happen! Aparri decided she wanted have a little stand and sell homemade cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa. Um..yes please! Stan and Amy were here with us and helped us in the baking department! While Laura and Aparri made cinnamon rolls...Stan and Amy made us strawberry jam!!! By Thursday night - we were ready to sell on Friday - yard sale day!
Aparri manned her hot cocoa and cinnamon roll stand for 1/2 the day then she handed if off to Preston . Each kid made about $50 - so a total of $100. Not a bad days work. When Detric saw the other kids making money- he wanted to jump on that earning wagon - when mom said "no" to letting him go through the house and grabbing other people's stuff to sell - he took matters into his own hands. We took his purchases from earlier (which he paid 0.25 for) and sold it to another neighbor kid for $2. Oh the wheeling and dealing... Laura wasn't quite sure how she should feel about this transaction - sad that her son was selling things to other unsuspecting kids he got a deal on - or secretly proud of his clever entrepreneur mind that found a loop hole and a way to get himself the cash he wanted??? Clever, Clever little man - watch out even these 6 year olds can surprise you!!!
Mid morning, Laura and Amy couldn't resist the pull of the hundreds of yard sales any longer, so they headed off by themselves to do some shopping!!! They each found a few treasures that they were excited to find!! Unfortunately, Laura missed a Rae Dunn Butter Dish that she really wanted. Here's the story... When Laura initially saw it, she was so excited about it - she grabbed it without paying attention to much else. (Clay had accidentally broken her butter dish a few weeks ago and Laura had been on the look out to find a butter dish she liked but hadn't found one yet...so when she finally found "the perfect one"...she was thrilled. This is it! The one I have been looking for!) BUT, when she finally took the time to look around, she noticed a lady standing next to her who kinda gave her a "look"...Laura said, "Oh sorry...did you want this?" The lady was nice and said, "Yes...but you grabbed it first." Laura felt bad and set the butter dish back down and said, "No...I don't want to be THAT kind of lady." (which is true...but it was a hard thing to do...this was the perfect butter dish for Laura...her style, design, right price, everything. Laura went up to Jenn, Laura's friend who was selling the butter dish, and asked her where she had gotten it. She said TJMAXX. Laura was determined to find one. Well, after the yard sales we went to 3 different stores and no butter dishes...so disappointed. At the end of the day - all kids were thrilled with their earnings and are already counting down to next yard sale day in which they are ALL Planning to participate! And Laura will have to keep looking for her butter dish – don't worry - she’s determined – I'm sure she will find it!
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