Over the last 34 days Gavin has done so many "jobbers". He has set the table, made his bed, learned Bible verses, put his dishes in the sink, and helped with a lot of other things. Today was the day he put that last dollar into his chart and earned his rocket ship! He was sayng over and over again, "I am so excited!"
The rocket ship was on sale at Target a week or so ago (thanks to Annie for that tip!) so I went and picked it up then. I sat it on top of our T.V. cabinet yesterday and today for some motivation for Gavin. He loved looking at it and anticipating getting it.
I was suprised at how patient he was about the whole thing. He never once complained that it was taking too long or anything. But, if he complained about a "jobber" he lost his dollar and still had to do the "jobber".
So, he has been playing with it for about an hour straight and I let him watch his little einstein video, too. He loves to play along with them!
5 comments:
Way to go both of you! That is a great idea - and he must have been more motivated than you thought! You are such a great mom to be teaching him the value of hard work at such an early age!
He looks so happy with himself! How cool that you guys kept him focused and working on the project til he got the reward he wanted - good life lesson :o)
Wow, I can't believe it's been 34 days! Way to go both of you! He looks so excited. Thanks for giving us the end result. Now, I'll be curious how long he loves his new toy for?
my kids LOVE little einstein, and i do too! nice rocket! we call our red station wagon "Rocket". - too bad we are getting a van.
i love it!! what a good idea you had. i am going to have to steal that idea to get connor motivated again... adding a sister to the mix has put a damper on his excitement about jobs. :) and your mom's card was too cute too.
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