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 Squeeze that lemon!Posted July 15th, 2008 by Jen in family life
Little L neglected to wear his shoes while racing around on the wooden porch, and got a big sliver in his foot. I had to pull it out, and as a last minute thought, I grabbed a lemon off the counter. Honey, squeeze this lemon as hard as you can, I advised. It will help take the pain away. The sliver was deep and long, and I knew it hurt, but that distracted little boy squeezed his lemon so hard I could smell the citrus scent. What fun he had. I think I heard just one small peep about the sliver as I was drawing the last of it out. I made a mental note to always have lemons on hand. If you know kids, they didn’t want to stop there. All the lemons were cut and squeezed by several tiny hands. “I popped out a seed!” was heard several times. “I squeezed more than you!” of course was on the table as well. At this point, the kids realized they were thirsty from all this squeezing. The sliver that started it all was forgotten.
The flurry of activity didn’t end there. Before I knew it, my daughter had prepared a “lemonade for sale” sign, which was changed to “free lemonade, tips okay.” (”I usually get more money that way,” confided my seven-year-old entrepreneur.) About $7.00 later, I had a passel of sticky, lemony, sliver-free children, and felt like I had witnessed the life cycle of a lemon. And it all started with a stubborn slice of wood stuck in my son’s foot. Truly, I don’t think I’ll forget this scenario the next time I hear the lemon cliché! ***** Don’t forget that the Christian Carnival is here tomorrow at Diary of 1. You can still submit posts until midnight Eastern Time tonight, using this submission form.
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We’ve all heard the saying that if life hands you a lemon, you make lemonade. We literally put this into practice a few days ago.
The fresh squeezed lemon juice was poured with a sense of wonder. “We need water! We need sugar!” came the cries of industrious children. I tasted their creation, and it was good.
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What a great idea–a good way to combat your son’s fears, a great way to entertain the gang. Who doesn’t love lemonade! Thanks for stopping by–please drop in again soon! :)
That’s a great idea. I would never thought of it. Great way to distract the little one. I can almost taste the lemonade. Nothing better than homemade lemonade, except if the little ones make it. Makes it extra sweet. I’ll probably think of splinters everytime I see lemons, too.
Thanks for stopping by! Hey, you can pretend that your brought lemonade to my new home! ;-)
Wow I am absolutely blown away by your site design. If you designed this yourself I would like to talk to you about doing some design work for myself.
Not only do you have awesome articles and cute kids, the whole site looks fantastic!
Veggie Mom, thank you.
Becky, you’re right, a child’s homemade lemonade is the best drink on earth!
SmallWorld, consider it brought and consumed!
Allen, thanks for the compliments on the site design! This is my husband’s doing - he rocks. He’s not for hire for blog design at the moment, but perhaps in the future…he has some big projects he’s working on that will take several months.
Just a super idea to let him squeeze the lemon-I’m going to remember that one. And then it all turned into so much fun! Very neat post.
Tipper, thank you! It reminded me, actually, of the times when I was in labor and about squeezed my husband’s hand off!
Love this Lemonade story! How wise of you! I pray you don’t have lemonade only when it hurts! It;s so sweet or sour…depending how much “sugar” you add!!!
How fun for the kids! I came here to congratulate you on the award Sheila passed on to you. I can see why!
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