It's Yo Yo Week at Kelton's school. No, seriously. It is. Last week the school held a character building assembly and the guy told all sorts of engaging stories using yo yos. It was fantastic! The assembly itself was free providing that the school agrees to sell yo yos for 5 days following the assembly.
Easy enough! So, for the past few days I have been getting the kids up and out early to be at the school to set up and sell yo yos. I had no idea how many yo yos a person could sell in a day....or three. We have been on warp speed for the hour we are selling and it's crazy! There are usually three adults selling and three 5th graders doing string adjustments and putting names on yo yos. It is just nutty how busy we are.
I'm pretty sure we are all burning as many calories as if we were taking some metabolism increasing product like atro-phex. I kid you not! The first day we sold about $500 worth of yo yos and yesterday and today we hit $700 for each day. We are almost sold out of the 230 yo yos they sent and will have a new shipment waiting for us in the morning.
It is unreal. But - just like with book fair week, it's been fun to have so much activity to kick start my day. I'm not all that sad that the school year is coming to an end (not until June 18th though). I'm feeling the need for a PTO break.
We still have a final PTO meeting and field day to navigate and then we should have some down time. You know - until the backyard planning sessions begin for the 2009-2010 school year. :)
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