Last night I had a soccer game and so did my husband, so our son stayed with me and our daughter went to my husband's game. We didn't have a lines person for my game, so my son offered to do it.
He set up all the flags at the beginning, took them all down at the end and did lines for the whole game. He is very good at this, he likes the rules and is very sure of the rules in soccer. Part of being lines person is getting paid $2 by each player that shows up. If we have someone to do lines, it means that we don't have to do it, and we pay the person because it's a pain in the ass for us to do it ourselves.
So he got $20 for doing the lines last night and was very excited about it. Today, he and I went to Husky to fill up my daughter's new bikes tires. Of course I left my change purse in my soccer bag, so I had to borrow a loonie from him to get air (yes, I had to pay for air!). He brought his money so he could buy some candy at Husky while we were there. He gave me the loonie and I told him I'd pay him back at home.
We got home and I gave him his loonie back. He told me to keep it. I said no, you earned it, you keep it. To that he shrugged and left the laundry room. 10 minutes later, I was on the computer and he came in the den to give me the loonie back. He decided that I already do so much for him that I deserved the loonie! He said that I gave birth to him, clean for him, make him food and I don't need to do anything else for him as I already do too much (his words, I swear!).
He actually had tears in his eyes because I think he finally understood what it means to be appreciated and he wanted me to know that he appreciates me. What an amazing kid I told him he was. He said that he was amazing because he had such a good mother. And this is just another example of why I love my kids so much!!
I think I'll be keeping that loonie forever!
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