The deal

Buwahhahaha! I cleverly tricked my too-smart son into doing a new chore. And the best part is, it was HIS idea!!!!

Colin got two dollars from the tooth fairy, and it was burnin' a hole in his pocket. So when we went grocery shopping today, the boy got a lesson in "nothin's cheap anymore" lol He couldn't believe that Legos were more than $2. He kept saying "I can buy this, I'll pay for half and you pay for half." Um, boy? a) Momma never said nothing 'bout paying for your purchases and b) it wouldn't be half. So he quickly got the point that it was a $2 limit, and that was it.

Finally he found a small pack of his new obsession, Mighty Beans for $3. He said "Can you pay the $1? Please?" and I asked "What are you gonna do for the $1?" and he said "I'll do a NEW chore for two days!"

I jumped on that deal! lol So, today he did some dishes. And tomorrow he'll do a few more, and then he's paid up, and in the meantime, he got 2 Mighty Beans that he didn't have (one of them was a RARE!) and 1 he did. He's happy. I'm happy. That's a good deal.