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Today Clairissa and Abigail decided to have a toy sale. Ok, actually they decided to months ago and created a major disaster in their rooms as they went through all of their toys and decided what they could live without. After weeks of their rooms looking like a bomb had exploded I finally had enough and made them bag everything up.

Anyway, back to today. They decided that today was the perfect day for a toy sale. The first item on the agenda was deciding where to hold the sale. The street we live on is not very conducive for selling anything so the girls decided the park was the much better option.

Second order of business was to set up. The two of them in all of their 4 ft whatever stature hauled the ancient (and might I add incredibly heavy) 8 ft. table out of the garage and pulled it all the way to the backyard. They got about half way across our lawn before they were officially unable to carry the table another step. Abby came in the house to ask for some help. Funny considering I just had surgery and can't lift anything, Rachael still can't walk due to her surgery, and Grandma has a hernia and can't help either. This left the girls with one option which was their wonderfully sweet cousin Mckenna who walked out the door and glanced up to the sight of Clairissa holding up one end of the table with her hind end. With Mckenna on one end and the two girls on the other they carried the table through the neighbors yard and across the street to the small bit of shade available. Then they got their bag of toys and hauled it over to set up.

Last order of business was the sign and then hours of sitting. They have officially been sitting out there for about 3 hours now and are having the time of their lives. Their Grandma Merryweather even went out there with her guitar and sang songs with them. I love it when kids get creative. I think they sold about 2 dollars worth of stuff, but the activity was obviously the best part of the whole experience and not as much the money.

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Dione said…
I loved doing things like that when I was little. The girls will grow up to be so close to each other.

Oh, to have a yard with grass and a neighborhood park close by. I took it for granted. I miss it.

I miss you.
8/19/2009 10:49 AM
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