Ellie and Rylie began to understand the power of summer jobs. It all started when Ellie began helping Grandma Grall with dishes and cleaning (of course out of the goodness of her heart), but when Grandma gave her some “coin” she started to negotiate odd jobs to get more money. Well, Rylie not wanting to be left out followed suit and lined up odd jobs throughout the summer. Her cousins, uncles, grandparents ended up shelling out nearly fifty dollars between the two girls for jobs from mowing the grass to dog-doo duties to washing cars. I was very proud of Rylie; even at seven she thought about what was “worth” spending her money on and made conscious choices to get just what she wanted, even if that meant waiting for another week and in fact, she negotiated more chores to achieve her goal. Even when mom gave her a “loan” – she paid her back straight away on her last pay….she told me; I got five dollars for picking up dog-doo from Grandpa, but I lost it”….when I asked puzzled “you lost it?” she replied, “yep…remember I owed mom five bucks!” What a good girl!
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