Rewarding Good Work

Christian found out on Friday that he raised the most money in the whole school for the American Heart Association.  We were able to raise $145 and Christian won an MP3 player.  Unfortunately its not compatible with our Mac.

Christian has all A's and B's.  He raised his C in math to an A.  He did an exceptional job with his TAKS test and we felt he deserved to be rewarded.

Two Christmas' ago Christian got a Nintendo DS from Santa.  Within 6 months he dropped it so many times that it broke and we had to throw it away.  The whole top lid was hanging by the wires.  Dominic and I were pretty upset and disappointed in the way Christian lacked responsibility for his game system.  We told him that he would not get another one unless he paid for it himself or if he earned it.  

Christian got two Target gift cards in the mail this week for doing so well on his TAKS test.  One from Auntie Kara and Uncle Julio and another from Papa Jim and Gramma Patty.  We decided that if Christian wanted to try again we would get him another DS to reward his efforts and hard work in school.  He deserves it.  So we used the gift cards and Dominic and I covered the rest.  "Thank you guys!"