After a heated game of Junior Monopoly, I compared DJ to Donald Trump. Well, that comparison still rings true!Today was the annual Scout Pack 144 Pancake Breakfast. It is a big fundraiser - and lots of fun. There is an amazing silent auction (fingers crossed I won at least one of the items I bid on!) and lots of pancakes, syrup and laughter.
Tickets are $3.00 a single or $10.00 a family.
DJ volunteered to help. He was very proud to be asked to be a server.
Oh! How my heart melted as he approached a group of senior ladies and said, "Hello. I'm DJ. I am a Beaver. How many pancakes would you like?"
One of the ladies asked for two pancakes. So, off DJ went to the kitchen. He returned clutching a plate with two pancakes. He then asked the other lady how many pancakes she would like to eat. "Surprise me!", was her reply.
DJ looked perplexed. So, the kind blue-haired lady leaned over and said, "You decide how many I should have. Surprise me! Here is my ticket."
DJ took two steps back. leaned over to me and whispered, "She wants me to decide, Mommy! I get to decide!!!!" He was now visually excited.
I noticed the pancake line was long, and did not want DJ getting side-tracked, so I joined him in the wait to place his "surprise order".
DJ looked up at me grinning! He was all excited.
We got to the front of the line and his Leader asked, "How many pancakes do you need, DJ?"
DJ looked at me and smiled and said, "I would like one small pancake please."
What? One? I smiled and said to DJ, " Honey, I am sure that nice lady wants more than one small pancake. She asked you to surprise her - you should maybe get 2 or 3 pancakes for her."
"No Mommy. I want to surprise her with one small pancake. She sure will be surprised when one pancake does not fill her up and she has to buy another pancake ticket...then Beavers will make lots of money!"
CHA-CHING! I could see the dollar signs in DJ's eyes.
I straightened out DJ's hat and kindly said, " DJr, it is all you can eat, if you only give her one, then you will just have to get her some more later....for free."
DJ, with his beautiful grey-blue eyes looked up at me and with a thick air of innocence and disgust asks, "How the heck do you make money like that?!?!?!?!??!"
Yep, I think I have a little entrepreneur on my hands!
4 comments:
He is at least thinking like a corporate mogul. That's kinda funny too.
Oh.my.gosh.
what a surprise only one little pancake would be...she'd have been genuinely surprised!
...if I ever open a business---your kid's got a job: he'll be in charge of all my $$ making decisions!
How funny! From the stories I hear, my husband was the exact same way when he was little. I think he was pretty ruthless!
I read about a website yesterday that I thought you might be interested in - healthydiningfinder.com. You can find menu options for healthy meals at restaurants in your area.
I agree with Lainey. She would have been very surprise. I hope she thought it was funny too and got more later :)
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