Mother of the Year - Part 2

Well, turns out I don't get Mother of the Year award unless I go one step further.  That's right.  Letting my son go to the meet up just wasn't enough.  In order to get the award, I had to make one more investment, but this time it involved money.

Each one of our older children have been given a gift to support their interests and it's usually a fairly hefty investment, but each time we spend the money it's always been worth it.  Our oldest daughter was given a great camera.  She learned how to take great pictures and even had her own little business for a while.  Our son was given bees and bee equipment.  He learned how to take care of bees, make honey and candles and sold some for money.  Our next son was given all the materials he needed to build his own drone.  That taught him a lot about perseverance, trial and error, etc., as it definitely didn't work right away.  Our other daughter had her own little cake pop business for awhile and made some money on the side while we invested in all the materials needed to get her going.  I just assumed with this current child that it would be something along the lines of a computer....something SAFE and SMART.  But no.....this time....it's much worse than what I expected.  It's an, ugh, trampoline.

But we have a trampoline!  A really good one!  Why another one?  Because.....if you're a FLIPPER, then our's would be for "amateurs".  Now that he's a PROFESSIONAL, we have to get one that allows you to do all the big flips.  What have we done?  But here's the deal.....there were just too many plusses:

-it's my son's passion

-it keeps him active

-it gets him outside, with his brothers, all day long, all year (can be put in the barn in the winter)

-it's pretty cheap as it's on the farm, other than the trampoline, no special equipment needed!  No long drives to sports centers......

All in all, we're pretty excited for him.  We got a good deal on a second hand one and so it's actually not that expensive, though brand new it would have been.  He researched and searched it all out on his own and found this one by himself.  And to be fair, he doesn't have a job, per se, outside of the house, BUT, he basically runs the farm now that the older boys are gone most of the time.  He feeds all the animals, mows 47 acres all day every day, waters gardens, plants gardens, deals with all the garbage....he's never been paid a cent for all of that work, so this is our way of saying, "THANK YOU!  YOU'RE A GREAT KID!!!"  His birthday is around the corner, too, so might just be an early birthday present......The Bible talks about giving good things to your children.  This was one of those fun things to give.  

It's been fun watching him find out today that it is actually happening, but also really special to see the reactions of the other siblings.  Each one of the kids is so happy for him as they know how much he wanted this and how crazy he is about flipping.

This will be no small pickup - we have to drive over 5 hours, each way, to get this trampoline, but we'll turn it into an event.  It'll be fun.  And now, I will pick up my award.......