Cars

Cars was home sick from school the other day. He just likes to follow me around talking. (I have no idea where they get that from!) He was asking me if I could get him another savings acct because he would like to start saving half of his half of money he gets ($20 total for papers: $2 tithing $8 mission savings $10 for him to spend as he wishes) He said at $5 a month, he needs to start saving now for a car. (Which is funny because that kid is a money making fool. He is on call for the entire neighborhood, he thinks he needs a phone for his business! He helps the neighbor entertain her 4 yr old because her husband is ALWAYS out of town and she needs a break, he mows everyones lawns, he snow shovels for the whole cul-de-sac, he feeds dogs when people go out of town, he said he was going to hire Carter to help him with all his business, haha!) That right there already made me happy. We have so many youth in our ward who don't drive or drive there moms car, leaving her car-less, so they have something to drive. It drives me CRAZY!!! Get a job and buy yourself a car!!! I'm adamant that my kids work and buy their own things. That's called life kids!!! So the fact that he is already thinking about buying himself a car makes me happy. Then he tells me that he wants to buy a car just like Cassy, our awesome neighbor. Just the other day she was telling me that she drives a grandma car and everyone in her family, sister mom husband, makes fun of her but it's paid for and gets good gas mileage (a really old style toyota camry, early 1990's I would guess) So him wanting that kind of car made me doubly happy. Wants to save for a car AND is thinking practical. He tells me that her car is really nice inside and probably gets way better gas mileage than mine and should be "cheap to buy with all cash, every single bit of it with cash!" I couldn't have been prouder. How many 10 year old boys think that they are going to drive a mustang or camaro or escalade or something like that?!? Not mine. Nope. They know better. I told Cassy about it in front of Cars and he was just shaking his head about everything I was saying. She told him he could probably buy it from her for next to nothing in 5 years. He was all for that! Carter will get to buy Chet's 1995 Ford Ranger, and Cars will buy Cassy's 1990 something Camry. Now that's awesome!!! Oh how I love my boys. Even if I could, I would never want to buy them anything more than they have. I love that they appreciate almost everything they have (most of the time) and appreciate the small things, like good gas mileage. They are mine for sure, and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world!!