Just Call Him Donald.

It's a little intimidating to have a focused, 6 year old entrepreuner in the house. Over the winter, he and his brother had a kindling business. This spring he kept wanting to sell our clutter. The other day, he started a fan business:

We have been having a real hot streak here, weather wise. J took advantage of the situation, made up a tote full of paper fans, and set up shop. His first customer was my unsuspecting Gramma, who was over for tea. He informed her that the fans were "10 and 5 dollars." She told him that $15 was a little steep. After I explained that people would probably make their own fans instead of buying such expensive ones, he decided to lower his price to $5. I finally talked him down to .25 for a plain fan, and .50 for a decorated one.

He sat outside for a couple of hours, coming in to get a drink of water every now and then. Our 9 year old watched his little business minded brother from the door and remarked "well, he's determined!" I handed out quarters to his siblings and their friends and sent them out to purchase. His dad had been forewarned and came home from work desperately hot and wishing for a good fan to use... J took his business to his T ball game and looked at me after with big brown eyes and said, "Nobody wanted a fan!" That prompted a drive by Gramma and Grampa's where upon arriving, we discovered that they had been doing yard work and were in dire need of paper fans as well! So, if you are driving through Canada this summer, swing by and purchase some inexpensive air conditioning (unless he has raised the price again by then).