Eliot's Ice Cream

Back in May, to commemorate Father's Day (since the kids wouldn't be in school for Father's Day), Eliot's school held their annual "Not a Box Day."  The instructions were simple.  Dad and child were supposed to create something out of a box so that it was no longer a box, but...... something else entirely.  Ted and Eliot (OK, with a LITTLE help from Mom) turned our old 50" Plasma TV box into... an ICE CREAM TRUCK!
It was AWESOME (to say the least).  We were SURE that we would have knocked them dead at the event (where we would see everyone else's "Not a Box" project. 

Boy, was I surprised at the over-achievers at Not a Box Day! Holy Cow! There was a pizza oven, a grand piano, a lit clock tower, WALL-E, among many, many, other creative ideas.  These Dad's (and probably Moms) must have spent a TON of time on these things!

So after the Not a Box event was over, we came home with an Ice Cream Truck.... made of a box.

Well, it just so happens that for the last few years, Eliot and I create our own Summer Pail List (instead of bucket list).  One of our activities on our list to do for the Summer was to have a lemonade stand.  Well.... since we already had the ice cream truck, we thought why not do an Ice Cream Stand?

Ok, so it probably wasn't as successful as a lemonade stand would have been, but Eliot had so much fun and you could see how excited he got every time a new customer would come by.  He made something like $12 that day (and I think $5 of it was from Daddy), but he was so proud and we both had a lot of fun.