How I know I am raising an entrepreneurial kid. I spend all day working on my kids cape business and a better part of the night after the kids go to bed. Because I love what I do. I grew up in a family where my father was self made. My brother and brother in-law are self employed. When I was 10 years old, I was selling Jam shorts to all my brothers friends and selling tee shirts to the surfer kids. So I don’t know why I thought last night was so entertaining.
I am in the kitchen preparing dinner.
I see my 5 year old daughter coming up from our basement with a large box..
Me inquiring: “What you doing?”
Her: ” I am making a stand”
Me: “Well you can’t stand on that”
Her frustrated: “I know! not that kind of stand..you know a stand that holds stuff”
Next, She is in the kitchen pulling a chair over and getting a paper plate.
“Mommy, how do I make a dollar sign?”
Me: “it’s an S with 2 lines”
She leaves the room
I hear her running around
Next she yelling from the other room”Ok, shop’s open come and buy”
I walk in and this is what I see….
I look at the paper plate marked $3.00 so I quickly move to the head band..
Her: “That is $2.00 ”
Me ” But I bought them at the dollar store and it was 3 for $1.00″
She say “Yea, but it cost “$2.00 in my shop, I take cash”
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This morning she comes in my room, wakes me up and say “Mommy…. I want my $2.00” and she wants the cash no pretend money here.
What has your kids sold you lately?
Hilarious! I love this!
I must say, I’m raising some enterprising little Trump midgets as well. We have an overabundance of toys in our house and I try to instill an idea of generosity and philanthropy in my girls by suggesting they donate the ones they don’t use any more so kids who don’t have any toys will have nice things to play with. Their response?
My 5 year old: “Nah, we should sell them.”
My 3 year old: “Yard sale!!”