Isaac and His Money...

Isaac is always on the hunt for money. He started a job chart when we still lived in Washington. It was jobs on top of his normal chores, like, vacuum, wash the dog, wash the car, etc. The prize... our quart change jar. He got through it on Monday and his mother took him to cash in the change... $70...!! That's a ton of money for an 8 year old kid. And I tell you what it was burning a hole. He wanted to spend it before he got home. Amy made him wait until after dinner. After much begging and "Mom promised you would take me", I took him to the Game Stop. He paced and fretted, picked games then put them back. A half hour later I was done, and I was mean because I wouldn't let him buy a used GameBoy (he already has one). The poor (Ha) kid had to go to bed with $70 in his possession.


Tuesday when I got home from work, Isaac was mad. He bought a 'slip and bleed'. Pretty much the same one he had before designed to skim board in your back yard. The trouble is, our yard isn't flat enough. He was soooo upset. I thought it was good. He has spent all of his money in a hurry and was feeling the pain. "Dad, $70 isn't a lot of money to you, but it's like a Million Dollars to me!" I was glad he got the chance to feel what it's like to waste a lot of money, and regret it. It's a little rich for my blood to waste $70 on the lesson.

Anyway, on Wednesday Amy loaded Isaac up with the 'slip and bleed', its package and the receipt and off they when to WallyWorld to take it back. He came home with a bike. (I know Jon, WalMart and bikes, crappy Chinese built bikes... Sorry). Anyway, he is happy. This is his 'freestyle' bike. Pegs both front and back, free spinning rear hub, and a bar spin hand brake set up on the head tube.

It's actually a cool set up.

So, that is the latest story of Isaac and his money.