The best day ever

Today was Jack's best day ever.

Now, this claim is thrown out there pretty easily. Maybe we have backwards day where dessert is first, or I let him pick out his clothes for school two days in a row. Suddenly, the day has become "the best day ever".

However, this really was a big day. Today was finally DS day. Jack has been dilligently saving his allowance, either $3 or $6 depending on how many chores on his list he completes for the week, in order to buy a DS and off himself from the "last kid to own a DS" list. So, since today was an early dismissal day, which meant Luke was at preschool and Jack and I had some alone time, we decided to hit the road and head to Target.

$120 finally accumulated in the saving cup-I'm ready to shop

Playing his very own DS for the first time-come to papa!

It was really fun to see his excitement build along with his savings, and then see it all come together with the purchase today. I hope the time it took to save the money, along with the fact that he paid for this himself, will encourage responsibility.

Last night as I was picking out his clothes for school, I chose a Life is Good shirt. He saw it and said, "Oh yeah, my Life is Good shirt, I love that one!", and then he looked at me, smiled, and said, "You know what, life is good."

Thanks for the reminder buddy, you are so right.