Our House is a Little Different than Most

If you peeked in our kitchen this morning, it probably looks pretty normal. Kids scurrying around trying to get out the door with camp gear – lunches, water bottles, sports equipment, etc.  I run through the checklists – do you have your knee pads?  Got your lunch? Are you ready for your presentation?  Would you like to go over it before you leave.  Huh?

I guess we are a bit different.  My girls will be “presenting” their pre-wrap business at camp today.  They are genuinely reaping the benefits of their own sales and marketing. Both girls, fairly shy by nature, will get up in front of a camp full of their peers and show their stuff.  Camp directors and coaches have been incredibly supportive…and probably a bit amazed.  The girls have learned to ask if it would be okay if they took five minutes to share their products – what reasonable adult could resist that?

When they get home from camp, they will be buzzing with the games, the drills, the friends they met. And if today is a success, they will come home with their pockets full of money.  They’ll go over what they sold, calculate their profits, and I’ll remind them that they pay local sales tax on all sold.  I’m not a homeschooling mama, but in business I am.

We’ll talk about how the kids and coaches react.  We’ll talk about how easy sales can be when you have a product people want.   And tomorrow will be just another camp day.