One of the positives of having an impulsive brain is that our little lemonade fundraiser idea didn't get stuck in the red tape of planning out things like cash boxes or thinking through an informative sign or finding a great recipe for lemonade on Pinterest. The boys had a thought, I said yes, and we set up our table and improvised our way through. We met a lot of our neighbors, stopped some traffic (auto, foot and bike), and the boys practiced so many skills without realizing it because they were having fun. My shy first grader was waving to cars because he reeeeeally wants to win a Fitbit. My fourth grader honed his fundraising skills ("Well, we're asking for a dollar but you CAN pay as much as you want"), and they each earned enough to get a t shirt and raffle tickets. We also received guest passes to the Columbia employee store from a new neighbor. The best part of this for me was the symmetry between the contrast of these two beautiful sunny days against our long cold winter, and the contrast of these generous strangers and friends, eager to help our boys and their school, against the spiritual stinginess that I see (and often feel) in our current political environment. I didn't realize how much of a salve this little idea was until our neighbor told the boys that the lemonade was so good yesterday that he needed more today, and gave them a $20. I was inside at the time, but the look on Cody's face when he showed me that $20, the joy that he got from money that wouldn't even get a Lego set or Robux for him? I almost started crying right into the mint leaves that we ripped out of our yard at the last minute to fancify our Costco lemonade. #lemonadestand #supportyourlocalschool #adhd