A few weeks ago, Jake was driving Mike nuts, by going to wake him up several times in the middle of the night. After a bunch of scrambling to figure out what to do, we instituted a star reward system. Jake now earns a star to velcro on his refrigerator chart every morning that he didn't wake Daddy up the night before. When he gets 5 stars, he gets to go pick out a toy. If he wakes Mike when the door is closed, he loses a star that morning.
It took about 3 days for the reality of this system to sink in (and the loss of the first stars he earned.) Last week, he got to five stars and nearly jumped to the ceiling with his excitement. He was planning to buy a new kite with his stars, but then we went shopping at Giant and he found a little notebook he really wanted. I explained he could have it, but only if he used his 5 stars, and then he wouldn't be able to get a kite until he earned 5 MORE stars. I thought he'd put the notebook back, but he insisted that was what he wanted to do. And it was -- he got home and happily removed his stars from the chart to start again at zero. And he's been talking about the kite ever since, and has earned 5 more stars easily.
So yesterday, we were out at Pleasant Grove playing in the rather windy playground and he noted it was a good place to fly a kite. Next thing I know he is offering me his NEXT 5 stars so I can get a kite too! He kept saying, I want to SHARE my stars with YOU, Mommy. I didn't know what to say, so I asked, are you sure? He said, yes, I can earn more and then you can have a kite too. You can come pick one out with me and Daddy.
That's Generous Jake!
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