Make mine green

Rob's parents just moved to Atlanta. I mean just moved days ago, over Christmas. His dad is a pediatric pathologist and took a job at a Children's Hospital in Atlanta. We are very excited that they will be 4 hours away verses 13 hours away. So in the hustle and bustle of moving there wasn't much shopping time prior to Christmas. Before they came to Savannah for New Years Rob's mom called asking what the kids "need" so that she could get them something before coming. I thought and thought and concluded that my kids have EVERYTHING! We just got tons of new toys for Christmas and they are literally in need of nothing! So Rob told her to just get Cora something small (abuela chose a ball gown--perfect!) and to give Cade money. He's very into money right now. Probably because we are constantly reminding him that it doesn't grow on trees! On the lego website he found that there is a LEGO set of the STAR WARS Death Star for $400! That's right for just $400 you can purchase 100000 pieces of tiny plastic and spend approximately 29 hours putting them together. sounds fun, huh? We told him the only way he'd ever get that lego set was to buy it himself. So he had $62 until yesterday. Rob's parents handed him an envelope and when he opened it he got the hugest ever grin on his face and said, "It's a Benjamin!" as he pulled out a $100 bill! Too much for a 6 year old, but he was thrilled! So now he's on this huge kick about "how to get 3 more of those!" He is constantly asking me to do things for me like clean the bathroom, dry the dishes, and give me a hug!" The problem is that he now wants to be paid for things he is already expected to do. So as a part of the "New 2010 Garola Budget" we are going to have to include some type of job chart and small allowance each week for the kids. I explained this to Cade last night as he was begging me to clean the bathroom.

I said, "you'll get an allowance each week for doing the jobs you are given and helping mommy out."

Cade said, "OK but my allowance better be green!"

Are you kidding me? I think we've created a monster!