The Magic Marble Jar!

Cassie asked, “How much Kendall paid Caysen to do his photo shoot”. I believe she offered him 2 marbles, but when all was said and done she gave him 3 because he worked so hard! Let me explain, Caysen's has a best friend Sam and his parents have just started a reward system for him allowing him to get a marble every time he does something good. Caysen thought this was the best idea ever. I agreed and I pulled out an old large vase and a small vase from the closest. Voila! My Magic Marble jar was ready! I instantly came up with a customized plan for Caysen on how our marble jar would work. The large jar is just extra marbles and the small jar collects Caysen’s earnings! Each marble Caysen earns is worth a quarter so by Friday when he can cash in all of his marbles he has earned that week he could potentially have around $5.00. Immediately a miracle followed and the great behavior began! Imagine my surprise when he was happy to brush his teeth, take a bath, go to school, do his homework and help out with the chores. You might think taking a bath or brushing your teeth is easy, but for Caysen they are or were dreaded events. Now he is always counting his marbles and planning what he will buy next or what he can do to earn more marbles. Lately our trips to Target have come up empty handed. He has decided to save his money for the mighty $100.00 Lego Star Wars Ship. Wow! Can you imagine his motivation to do more good things to earn $100.00? So, for now the marble jar is my best friend! Next month might be a different story!