Never Ending Maya

My poor Maya can never find enough things to do in her life.  The girl is always thinking, planning, creating and asking the never ending question, "What can I do?"

She usually has her own ideas but I do have to say no to some of them.  One day after school she came and asked if her and McKenna could set up a lemonade stand.  My first thought was, "Uh, no, I have to make dinner, I'm in the middle of folding loads and loads of laundry and I just don't have time to help you."  Then I thought, wait, she can work on making a sign this afternoon to sell it and then maybe in a few days I'll have more time and she can do it.  How about today you make a sign that says lemonade for sale and how much and then you can have the lemonade stand later.  With which she replied, "Oh, I've already made the sign, see?"  So, I gave in but told her she had to clean everything up.  Before I could get the sentence out she had the lemon juice, sugar and pitcher all ready to go.  Within 10 min. she was up and running.  Here they are waiting patiently.  They were out there for a good 2 hours.  Luckily some nice neighbors came over to buy some and even a guy that was out riding his bike stopped to buy some.  They were selling it for 50 cents but because they were both out there the buyers thought that both girls should get paid and was giving them a dollar instead.  McKenna was ecstatic.  Then we had to teach a little bit about capitalism as Livie tried to get in on things and say she should get some of the pay (without really doing anything.) 

 Waiting for a customer.

 A few days later Maya decided she wanted to climb up on top of the patio cover.  As you can see she figured out how to get up.  Alexa had tied her jumproap to a rusty nail that was sticking out of the wood a few days earlier.  So Maya stood on the rocking chair (such a stable and sturdy choice.)  and pulled herself up with the roap.  Look at that proud look on her face.  It must have felt like freedom after having to play within these block walls of our back yard.  The girl needs her space to explore and run.  She is so fun to have around but boy does she wear me out with all of her plans and ideas.