Nearly a year and a half ago, Parker started saving his money. He worked hard to save his allowance, do extra chores, and put away any dollars he got for his birthday. He saved and saved and finally had enough for his first goal - an animal truck and animals he saw at The Country Store. But when he took his piggy bank to get it, he stood in the aisle and held the toy and pondered and inspected it. He walked away empty handed, deeming it "not exactly what I wanted". He put his hard earned money back on his shelf and continued to add to it and save. Over a year ago, he decided he wanted "a real sailboat". We looked up a lot of real sailboats, really investigating the best deals and he decided that a real sailboat might take a long time to achieve, but he could probably save for a toy sailboat that really sails. He did some research with me and wanted me to look for "a boat that is very good quality". We finally found one - a boat that really sails and could stand the test of time. And he continued to save. This spring he was getting close and he ramped up his efforts. I offered him a dollar to help me weed one day and after 5 hours of hard work, I handed an excited boy four dollars. He saved and worked hard and he even consigned a couple of his old toys, and then we counted his money last week and lo and behold, he finally had enough! We ordered the boat (since we couldn't get it in a store), and it arrived yesterday. We put it together and when dad came home today, we took it out for it's maiden voyage. The mixture of pride, delight and ownership on Parker's face was priceless. I'm so proud of this boy.
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