At the age of 3, you are almost completely finished meeting your very first goal!! You really, REALLY want Kevin from Thomas the Train, but instead of mommy and daddy buying it for you, we want to teach you the importance of saving money. So, we made you this cute little goal board. It hangs in our kitchen with a picture of Kevin and holds all of the quarters that you have earned by doing chores.
Here you are standing proudly in front of your "Kevin Board!"For each job that you do, we give you one quarter each. Then we attach velcro to the quarters and you hang them on the stars on your "Kevin Board." You LOVE helping with all of your little jobs, and you have been so good at them, too! Sometimes you help daddy by taking out the trash, and other times you help by setting the dinner table. Other jobs that you have done are sweeping, picking up your toys, helping to empty the dishwasher, vacuuming (with your toy vacuum), and dusting.
To make your Kevin Board, first I printed a picture of Kevin and glued it to the top of the board. Then I added 36 stars ($9) and stuck velcro circles in the center of each star. So far, with all of your jobs together, you have earned $7! That's a lot for a little guy! Kevin costs $18, so once you have saved $9, we will match you $9 for the rest. And of course, we will ask you to take out a few for giving, and put them in the offering plate at church on Sunday.
We are super excited to see you so excited about saving your money! You have been talking about Kevin everyday and enthusiastically doing all of your jobs. You are such a good little helper! You only need to earn six more quarters and we will take you to the store to buy him! Yay!!! Mommy and daddy are so very proud of you!!!!
All of our love to you always and forever,
Mommy & Daddy
xxxooo
