Dream Come True

The boys have had a paper route for about 2 mo now, and they are doing fabulous!. It's so hard for me to watch them "blow" their money on stupid things, but I think there is such a learning process that needs to happen. At some point, they are going to wish they had money, and they won't (we make them save 50% and pay tithing of 10%, so they do have some untouchable money, the rest is theirs to use as wanted). So, today we went to the dollar store. I took all 5 boys and we walked around for about 45 min looking at all the treasures. That is a lie. The boys ran around all excited, running up to me with their newest find. I told Caden and Cael they could buy one thing each. Finally after MANY, MANY, MANY final decisions, Caden settled on a cop kit. Carter and Carson couldn't hold all of their things. It was so funny to watch them, and I warned them they were cheap items and were not what Chet calls "Parker approved". They would not make it 10 min in our house. When we got home, Caden rips open his package and starts putting everything on and around his waist. He says so excited, "This is a dream come true! Please don't wake up Caden! Please don't wake up!" I had to laugh so hard. Within one minute he dropped his gun and it busted, but he just put it back together and off he went. He wasn't as excited about any Christmas present! The things that make kids tick! Who ever knows what will be their dream come true!