Two brothers, one notebook, a lot of crayons.
A few months ago, my oldest asked me what a business is. I told him a business is when you make something people want and they pay you for it. He thought about it for three seconds and said, "I want to make coloring books."
(7th grade)
Jaxon โ 10
(5th grade)
Their first book was for Mother's Day. They drew flowers, hugs, breakfast in bed, a "World's Best Mom" certificate, and a fill-in-the-blank love letter. Real people bought it. They watched the dashboard go from $0 to actual money. They learned what a business is.
Their second book is the one they've always wanted to make โ a Summer book. Cannonballs. Sandcastles. Fireflies in a jar. A homemade rocket launch. The exact second the school bell rings on the last day.
It's drawn at the kitchen table by two real brothers, with their dad's help on the boring grown-up stuff. Every download supports their first business and the next book they're already dreaming up.
This isn't a side hustle. This is my boys' dream. I'm just the one with the credit card and the camera.