Luke has been wanting some new cowboy boots. We got him some for Christmas 2010 and he finally grew out of them. Well, they are expensive. So, Seth said he would pay him if he helped plant trees on the property. Luke was up for the task. He was to get $2 a tree. We figured he would last 30 or 40 trees. He loved doing it with Seth and thus planted about 140 trees!!! They even planted on a crazy windy day and Luke never wanted to stop. (the trees are just samplings, but still, Luke is only 5)
So, Luke asked all the time if it was pay day and when could he get his boots. We had been waiting a little while so he could learn about waiting for pay. (there are many lessons from this one job) Seth told him on Tuesday that Thursday (today) they would go to the bank and get his money and then go get some boots. We decided to all tag along because that is how we roll, as a family. This morning when he got up he was so excited because it was "boot day". Claire was so excited for him and she kept saying it was "boot day"!
We went to the bank and got his money. Then we checked out one more place (Double D Western Wear) to see if they had anything he liked. We had already been to Bucheit's and Rural King. He really liked some at Rural King but they were really expensive. So, we went to Double D and he found some brown boots with camo that he really liked. They were cheaper and he got a discount (gotta love shopping local) because he was using his money!
He loves his boots and we all had a great time celebrating his hard work as a family!
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