$51 ......is how much money Ashton saved all by herself!
Ashton has been saving her money for a long time to buy a "Just Like Me" American Girl Doll. If you are familiar with American Girl dolls, you know they are expensive. The one she wanted was $100.
We knew it would be extremely difficult for her to save that much money seeing how she only able to earn a maximum of $4 a week for her allowance and she has to put half of whatever she earns into an envelope for her savings account. So we told her she needed to save half of the money for her doll.
She got a gift certificate for her birthday which she saved to go toward her doll. She has saved every bit of money she has earned and she has even done extra things to earn money. Today we counted her money and she had 51 dollars!
I was almost in tears because I was so proud of this girl! She was beaming with the most ginormous smile ever! She was so proud of herself and Landry was super excited even though she didn't have a clue why! She couldn't wait for Daddy to get home so she could tell him!
It was such an awesome day...not only is she proud of herself, but we are just so darn proud of her too! This is a HUGE deal for a seven year old. I even told her that it might take her until after Christmas to earn enough money...boy was she happy to prove me wrong!
*We took her after school on Friday to get her doll....she was so excited! I will have a post on that fun event!
We knew it would be extremely difficult for her to save that much money seeing how she only able to earn a maximum of $4 a week for her allowance and she has to put half of whatever she earns into an envelope for her savings account. So we told her she needed to save half of the money for her doll.
She got a gift certificate for her birthday which she saved to go toward her doll. She has saved every bit of money she has earned and she has even done extra things to earn money. Today we counted her money and she had 51 dollars!
I was almost in tears because I was so proud of this girl! She was beaming with the most ginormous smile ever! She was so proud of herself and Landry was super excited even though she didn't have a clue why! She couldn't wait for Daddy to get home so she could tell him!
It was such an awesome day...not only is she proud of herself, but we are just so darn proud of her too! This is a HUGE deal for a seven year old. I even told her that it might take her until after Christmas to earn enough money...boy was she happy to prove me wrong!
*We took her after school on Friday to get her doll....she was so excited! I will have a post on that fun event!
4 comments:
And when she does get enough and she gets to go buy that doll for herself?
Priceless.
And what a proud moment that will be too!
Way to go, Ashton!
Wow! Godd job Ashton..now when will you be trekking down to Am girl?:)
Way to go Ashton!
We just went through the same thing with Gracie. Her item of choice was a Nintendo DS. We are so happy with how it all worked out...sounds like you guys are too!
i'm so proud of ashton too! i know that wasn't easy to have all that money burnin' a hole in her pocket! she's such a big girl and i just love her bunches!
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