My Girl & Her Bake Sale

The idea came from the Food Channel last summer when the girls saw it advertised while watching their favorite, Paula Deen. Kennedy quickly made it her own and decided to make it a party by inviting some friends/neighbors to help and there became the first bake sale last summer. This year as the school year ended and the summer ideas started flowing...the ones we liked from last year and wanted to repeat, the ones we could forget and some new ones added, Kennedy was more persistent on one thing...When could she have her Bake Sale? I put her off the first few weeks with VBS stuff and friends coming into town but she did not let a day go by without letting me forget that "as soon as all this other stuff is over Mom, you promised." So sure enough when we had a free week the wheels started in motion and the lists became top priority. K and I sat down on Monday afternoon and she made list after list...who she was going to invite, what she was going to bake, a grocery list and any other lists she could think of...My heart was full and I beamed with pride...why?? well yes the bake sale and the fact that it was going to charity was huge but my pride came simply from watching my girl make LISTS. Who doesn't love lists! In fact if I didn't like lists so much I would probably get more done because I spend too much time making list after list because I either just want to make a new list or most likely lose one!

Anyways, she got busy calling her friends, inviting and explaining that she was holding a Bake Sale for charity. The money would be going to Share Our Strength for their No Kid Hungry in Summer Campaign. She was excited, she was proud and she talked about it daily. The poster board was bought, the flyers were made and the minute we picked Nonie up at the airport on Thursday she was quickly whisked to what was transformed from kitchen to the Studdert Bakery that afternoon & evening. We baker chics made more muffins, brownies, rice krispies, and cookies than this kitchen had seen in awhile. We had a blast and I was so glad my mom got to see Kennedy do something she was so excited about. She went to bed that night saying she didn't know if she could sleep and then the next morning couldn't eat much breakfast, "because mom, my stomach is too excited to eat!"

Clock watching became top priority until the friends started arriving. It was a fun morning and one I feel so blessed to have watched and been a part of. I loved that my mom was here to take Carter on a date so I could be present with my girls and Kennedy's plan. I loved that I got to sit and talk to her friends while waiting patiently for cars to see the posters and stop to buy some treats. I loved that I watched my girl not sit down once or let a car pass without shaking her neon poster at their window and yelling Bake Sale for Charity. I loved that with a last minute email to friends around here that they showed up with all their kiddos in tow and bought and donated and ate and talked...that made me SMILE big. I just loved the morning and I just LOVE her heart even more. So proud of you sweet pea and I know you are already planning next summer!

Carter even made a sign and decided to show it off

 

After some hard work, the heat, and lots of selling the girls headed back for some swim time and some pizza! Kennedy claimed that "it was one of the best days of my life!"