I have no title because nothing earth shattering or neat really happened this week. Just regular days. Same thing, laundry, dishes, dinner, blah, blah, blah.... It was parent teacher conference this week so Mason got out of school early all week. He is doing really well in school. And I'm proud of him. O.k. well, here's maybe a lesson I believe in. Mason came home from school and said," The Book Fair is in the library and I need some money." When I asked him how much he had he said "None." Hhmm said the smart mother (me) thinking of ways she could get her boy to do some work. "You'll need to do some chores around the house to earn money for the book fair." He agreed with no problem. Clearly he had his mind set on something. Well, it just so happened that we had some dead trees come down in the front yard. Tyler called the missionaries over to get some service in and to help. Mason jumped right in with the 3 of them and started working. He was hauling twigs and sticks and moving wood around. I was proud to see him work so hard.
The next day we went in the library as promised. I was right in thinking he wanted something, and it was a poster with a orange and red car on it with purple flames. They had about 30 posters hung up with the display number in the corner. He took me over to his poster and said ,"This is the one I want." O.k. replies the smart mother (me). I started looking around at all the books, just browsing, when I noticed that Mason wasn't to be seen. I asked Nat where he was and she pointed to the poster area. Bless Mason's pointed little head!!! He didn't know that the poster was a display so there he sat, underneath his poster, with one hand holding onto the corner. I smiled and told him to tell the lady helping which poster he wanted. Then I watched him pay with HIS OWN MONEY. He has proudly put it in a spot where Dallin cannot reach it or destroy it in any way. And that my friends is the lesson I think. Maybe he wouldn't be so careful if he knew that I was going to pay for it. But he is being extra careful with his hard earned, wood hauling money. Way to go smart mother (me)! May the lesson stick.
2 comments:
What a sweet story. I love the mental image of him holding onto his own little poster.
Absoulutely a smart mom moment, and something he will learn from and remember!
Ahhh Beck, you're such a good mom! Once I tried to teach Will a lesson about money and being an entrepeneur. He wanted to sell cookies. I wanted him to see how selling things isn't always successful. Yep. It backfired. He made thirty bucks in about a half hour. So much for my attempts at life lessons! I'm so glad yours worked out better. I love that there were purple flames involved.
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