This was cool, and yet a bit sad.

So, my Benjamin is a real entrepreneur. At our family reunion last summer, he sold paper air planes and paper boats to his relatives. Today, he sold some paper projects to our neighbors as they walked by the house. He made some stuff - boats, puppets, designs (basically snow flakes but rectangular), a cube - and set up some cinder blocks right by the gate. He even made signs telling what each item was and how much it cost. This kid is good. He sat outside most of the day, part of the time under an umbrella because it rains here sometimes. The girls joined, half-heartedly, making a few things and sitting outside for a bit before lunch but playing inside most of the time after lunch. Not Ben. He was outside with his stuff waiting for anyone to pass by. He ended up having four people buy some things from him and he actually made $26.25 EC! He had the things all priced under $1 but people just sort of handed him what they had, I guess. I was totally surprised and he was delighted. All the kids have plans of getting up early, making new stuff and selling more tomorrow. I told them they could step it up a bit and actually color the stuff they are selling. Maybe even draw some pictures to see if they would sell. Am I adding fuel to a fire that maybe shouldn't be burning? I can remember a neighbor girl coming to our door in Alaska, and a neighbor boy in Mississippi, trying to sell pictures they had colored from coloring books. I didn't buy their stuff then, and I actually don't expect people to buy my kids stuff but it sure brightens up their day when someone does. Thanks friends!

While they were out before dinner, I was inside making dinner and Ben came in and said, "I think we found some bird eggs. But one broke." Oh dear. I went out to see and sure enough, they had found some eggs and one was broken. We found the baby so I picked it up to show the kids. As I looked closer I realized it wasn't a bird... it was a little gecko. It came from a white, round egg. Ben put the other one back, although I did wonder if maybe we could put it in a jar and watch it and see if it would hatch. It probably needs to be warmer than room temp. but it is pretty warm here. Anyway, the other egg is back in its nest and we learned not to play with little eggs.

This is the egg in Ben's hand.

This is the baby gecko on the tip of my finger.