10/07/2026
🚨 APPARENTLY WE FORGOT TO ASK THE OWNER OF FRONT PORCH SWEETS FOR PERMISSION… 😳😂🐮
Last weekend before the three day yard sale/Front Porch Sweets event. We prepared a couple of days in advance. Guys… I don’t think I’ve EVER seen our 3-year-old this personally offended by a decision I made. 😂
Last Wednesday evening we went over to Pap’s house to get ready for the Milesburg Community Yard Sale — setting up canopies, dropping off yard sale stuff, bringing over the bake stand and getting everything ready for our Front Porch Sweets pop-up.
And Ocean was having the TIME OF HER LIFE. 😂❤️
She was running around, helping us set everything up, even helping hammer stakes into the ground for the canopies. Just being her normal sweet, loving little self.
Everything was perfectly fine…
Until it was time to leave. 😳
We’re walking toward the truck, getting ready to head home, and apparently Ocean looked back and realized something VERY important:
THE BAKE STAND WASN’T COMING WITH US. 😭😂
Guys…
She. Was. NOT. Having it. 💀
Apparently Mom and Dad forgot that although we thought the bake stand belonged to Front Porch Sweets…
it actually belongs to Ocean. 😂🐮
And the funny part is, when you really think about it, I understand why she was so upset.
We’ve mentioned before that Adrienne and I have decided to educate Ocean at home rather than send her through the public school system. With her two older sisters at school during the day, she’s used to being with Mom and Dad — and because we’re two VERY busy people juggling businesses, kids, events and everyday life, we’ve made it a point to turn the things we already do into opportunities for her to learn.
That includes the bake stand. ❤️
Ocean helps us stock it in the morning. She counts the treats. She helps straighten the decorations. She gets the ice packs. She checks the chalkboard and artwork. She’s there when we make the videos. She helps carry things out. We work on manners, responsibility, following directions, counting, organization and everyday life skills without her even realizing she’s “doing school.”
That little stand has become part of HER routine too.
So when Dad casually decided we were just going to leave HER bake stand at Pap’s house overnight…
Apparently I had crossed a line. 😂😂😂
She didn’t even want to get in the truck.
SHE WASN’T EVEN LISTENING TO DAD. 😳
And if you know Ocean, THAT’S when you know we had a serious situation on our hands. 😂 This little girl has genuinely never acted like this in her three years of life.
So we negotiated. 🤝😂
I told her she could go give the bake stand a hug and a kiss goodbye before we left.
Problem solved, right?
WRONG. 💀
We get her buckled into the truck and suddenly she realizes the hug and kiss apparently DID NOT HAPPEN TO HER SATISFACTION. 😂
Now she’s insisting she needs to get back OUT of the truck because she has to go do it AGAIN.
At this point, she might as well have been kicking and screaming:
“NOBODY LEAVES MY BAKE STAND BEHIND!!!” 😭😂🐮
We eventually convinced our tiny business partner that the stand would be okay. 😂 We told her we’d call Pap in the morning, check on him since he’s recovering from surgery, AND check on the bake stand to make sure everybody survived the night. ❤️😂
And underneath all the comedy, this actually made Mom and Dad smile.
Because to us, it’s a bake stand.
To Ocean, it’s something she helps take care of every single day. It’s part of her routine, her responsibility, her time with Mom and Dad, and apparently… one of her prized possessions. 🥹❤️
We’re trying to teach this little girl that learning doesn’t only happen sitting behind a desk. Sometimes it’s counting cakesicles. Sometimes it’s helping Mom and Dad set up a canopy. Sometimes it’s learning responsibility by stocking a bake stand.
And sometimes…
it’s learning that Dad is legally allowed to leave the bake stand at Pap’s house overnight without consulting you first. 😂😂😂
Although judging by this video…
I’m not sure she learned that last lesson. 💀
🐮❤️ FRONT PORCH SWEETS
NOW THAT’S GOOD EATIN’!
…as long as Ocean approves all major business decisions first. 😂