Taylor is in this great group called Skittles.  They meet every Monday afternoon for 2 hours.  Every 2 months they change topics.  Taylor has done Speech and Debate, Public Speaking, Clue Finders and now Entrepreneurs.  This time is was Entrepreneurs.  They came up with an idea to sell some cookie dough and raise some money.  It was a business class first so they wanted to make a profit.  With this profit they wanted a pizza party....of course!  They wanted to take any leftover money and donate it to Haiti.  The kids were so excited for a variety of reasons.  They each sold cookie dough in 1 pound increments.  They figured out the totals for the ingredients they would need, went shopping at Costco to buy the supplies and had a little bit of fun in the aisles of Costco while shopping.  Then they got together and made all of the cookie dough, weighed it and wrapped it up to deliver.  They were amazing to watch.  They finished in record time, cleaned up and did their deliveries.  It was a great learning experience and showed the kids the benefit of being an entrepreneur and all the good that can come from having an idea and moving forward with it.  Considering her genes this may just come naturally to her.  I think the hardest thing about the whole experience was not eating the cookie dough as we were making it....luckily I bought a few pounds so we could make up for that later~

 Taylor sold 19 pounds of cookie dough and had a GREAT sales pitch.  The subject of the e-mail she sent out was: 

Rancho Bernardo Tween Sets Cookie Dough Sales Record....

Hi this is Taylor.  I hope I got your attention :).  To tell you the truth, I haven't set the record yet but with your help I can do it!  I am taking an entrepreneurs class with my home school group.  We are selling home made FABULOUS cookie dough.  Do your kids come home from school starving and beg you for homemade cookies?  I know you Mom's are very busy but if you want to be the hero, or the BEST Mom ever then buy some pre-made cookie dough from me! That way you can just pop the cookies into the oven a few minutes before your kids get home from school and your kids will walk in to the best aroma of freshly baked cookies ever.  They will hug you and say you are amazing!  You won't have to mess up your kitchen and spend the time.  You can just pop them out of the freezer into the oven. You'll make your kids jump for joy in just SECONDS! The cookie dough costs five dollars per pound. We will be making the cookies and getting the ingredients in the class ourselves. The different kinds will be chocolate chip, snicker doodle, peanut butter, and oatmeal raisin. If you want to buy this delicious, instant and melt in your mouth cookie dough email me or call me. Special pricing Now through Monday at noon. We will be delivering the cookie dough to your house. Thanks so much!