The Candyman Comes to Town

Kirby came home from school today with a box of the "World's Finest" chocolates (kind of a shady name if you ask me) and lots of vigor for the school fund raiser. Before I got home from my school day, he and Connor had apparently worked out all the details of their sales plan, which was something like this:

1. Connor gets to be the boss.

2. No, Kirby gets to be the boss, because it's his fundraiser.

3. Connor can use his cash register and "take the cash from the people who pay 5 bucks."

4. Kirby will hand out the candy bars and count out change (a skill he's only just honing).

5. They will set up a table on our sidewalk so that all of our neighbors can come by - never mind  the freezing temps!

It took awhile for this whole plan to unfold. Connor kept begging us to "do the fundraiser", so we told the boys we would after dinner. After all the dishes were done and put away, we took out all of the candy to look at it. Connor kept repeating "Okay, let's do the fundraiser now." Stephen and I kept telling him that we were doing it, but he got more and more adamant. Finally, exasperated, he said "No! When are we getting out the table and setting up all the candy outside?"

Fortunately, Kirby seems to get it. Although, he did think that the outside selling sounded good. Husband promised the boys that if we have another nice day soon, they could set up outside. It might be nice for our neighbors to see our kids trying to sell something besides rocks. Besides, I'm out of this one! I don't do candy stands in the dead of winter.