In my last post I described how getting all the kids iPods saved me over $1000. We gave Grant one a while ago and Anna is getting one for her birthday here in a couple of weeks. Rusty now being 7 we thought it would be a good opportunity for him to learn the lesson of working for what we want in life.

Joni and I sat down and talked to him about getting an iPod and he would have to work for it. He agreed that he would do extra jobs around the house and earn it. The next morning I had printed out a list with 100 places where he could write down the extra things we asked him to do. The next morning he was 110% self motivated to start earning his iPod. He spent the next 2 weeks doing whatever he could to earn lines toward his reward. From pulling weeds to cleaning 1600 sq ft basement of toys up by himself. He worked so hard.

In the end Rusty did understand the lesson we had set out and we were so proud of him!

Here is a picture of Rusty when he got the iPod.