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Gnome Depot, Big Trucks, and Soap

So first I want to tell you a little about my brother. His name is Matt. He is the middle of three boys, and he would have made a perfect only child. My mom makes homemade soap and other things. She runs her business from home. It's called Season's Essence. Anyway, Matthew is big into trying to save money. Or at least earning money. So he got this great idea to start selling some of Mom's soap. So he set up a little stand at the end of our driveway (much like a lemonade stand) and put up a sign, brought out about 30 bars of plain castile soap and started his little business venture. He called it... Gnome Depot. He thought of that all my himself. Only Matthew. Anyway, we live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so business wasn't exactly booming. After about half an hour he realized he wasn't going to make enough money doing this so he packed up his business and became a traveling salesman. He went door to door within our small neighborhood and started selling bars of soap for five dollars each. He made around 25 dollars! It was pretty funny. Finally Mom told him five wasn't fair so he had to lower the price. He must have decided that that 25 was enough because about that time he came home. Last night, as I walked by the boys' bedroom, I noticed about 20 bars of soap stashed under his bed. He must have big plans for later.

I was surprised. He must have really wanted that money. This is the same boy who said recently that when he grew up he wanted to be the horn on a 'big truck' because all he had to do was sit there and make noises and get paid for it. He's seven years old. He's an intelligent kid, but sometimes I think he has a few loose wires. :)

posted by helen @ 8:44 AM