$50 Bucks Baby!!

My aunt and uncle were coming to stay the night with us last Sunday. Moving in had taken a bit longer than I had planned, and when I walked down the stairs in the morning I saw a mountain of boxes where the living room should be. So I started to empty them–and my Grayson was right next to me to help. He took all of the flattened boxes to the garage–he took boxes upstairs–he picked up trash. Anything I needed, he was right there. I did get a little help from Blake and I got nothing but attitude from Jacob. But my Grayson never left my side. We were planning to take my Aunt to my husbands restaurant for lunch and I told Grayson that he had earned the rare treat of dessert after his lunch. However, as we finished up and I handed him the last task I needed to have complete before the house was ready for company–he asked if he could vacuum. I had literally just worked his tushy off–and he volunteered to vacuum. Now, I’m no idiot–and he did an Ok job and as he was putting the vacuum away I walked by and just said–”Grayson, $50 Bucks!!” He knew what that meant-but wasn’t sure he heard me correctly, so I repeated it. Jacob overheard the comment and had a wicked attitude–and I just let him know that Grayson helped from beginning to end-even though he didn’t know there was compensation involved, he never complained and in fact, was a joy to be around and even after it all–he volunteered for another job. And for that–how could I not reward him bigger than I’d ever rewarded anyone before! In fact, it reminded me of an earlier moment–that some of you may remember as well! Grayson has always been a very sweet helper–I’m lucky to have him!