$5

Hayes has been wanted to earn money to buy a Lego Ninjago spinner. I usually give him a few extra jobs here and there to earn a quarter but he asked me today how he could earn $5 in one day. I wasn't in the mood to make up a list of jobs, arbitrarily decide a value, and then have him disappointed when he couldn't earn it all in one day. So I proposed if he would clean the playroom and the kids bedroom, putting things away where they are suppose to go (not shoved under the bed like he did this morning) then I would give him $5.
One of the better five bucks I've spent. He did a good job. I warned him not to expect to get paid for that in the future since they are suppose to clean up their stuff anyway...we'll see how that goes.

My mom fail of the day was I didn't pay attention to the time so Hayes was late for school by a couple minutes. Not so bad except he had gotten ready on his own--with chores done & lunch packed--an HOUR before school started.

And a picture from lunch today of Lyla. Miss Blueberry Beard