Ok, where were we in this story?

So after Luke's first sale, he was pretty jazzed. He was ready to take on the world and wanted to immediately go out and sell plants in the neighborhood. We packed up the wagon, made a sign and set the course. For some reason, this was a week he was stuttering quite a bit so he had to repeat a lot but still made many sales. I had prepared him mentally for people saying "no thanks" and I kept waiting, waiting, waiting for that response. Apparently everyone is a sucker for a 6 year old with an entrepreneurial streak.

The one thing that surprised me about all of this is how much he loved making that sale. During these trips, he never, ever got tired. In fact, I had to tell him that he must go home for a snack and rest because he was unstoppable. Every sale brought more excitement for him. Most days afterwards I got asked if we could go out and do more plant sales. I still get asked this months later though it's much harder to schedule now that school is back in session.

After selling a bunch of his toys on Craigslist for $20 and a second day out selling, Luke finally reached his tipping point of $90. He earned his half of the metal detector. Now I had to pony up the other $90 like I had promised, but I was so proud of him for meeting his goal that I certainly didn't mind. Here are some pics of Luke selling like a real pro around our neighborhood.