Week 3 of the earning charts, and it was Meera’s turn to decide the winning activity. This was not a difficult decision for Little Miss Meera to make. She’s a girl who knows what she wants, and she knew what she wanted: “Hibachi lunch and the movie theater!” Her brothers were thrilled with this declaration– Hibachi is, unanimously, the bambinos’ current favorite restaurant of choice. Of course, they love the drama of the live-cooking (who wouldn’t?!), but they really love the food (in fact, as we were leaving the restaurant, Kyle said to the manager, “Your food is AWESOME!”). And the movie theater… well, that was just icing on the cake (we go so rarely that it remains a real special treat for us all). We went to our favorite Japanese restaurant (Kome), then it was Alvin and the Chipmunks, Chipwrecked (not a movie Braydon and I would have ever chosen, but it was slim pickings for two 7-year-olds and a 3-year-old!). This week we’re giving bedtime a go sans-earning-charts. We shall see how that works out.
Just a suggestion about the earning charts. Instead of either doing them or not doing them, maybe you could fade them out. Now that they got to choose their special activity, you could go for 2 weeks until one gets to choose and then 3 weeks and so on. Love your foodie kids. Mine will eat anything too and I wish I had the budget and the availability to expose them to more variety.
Awesome choice Meera! I love the excitement of Hibachi cooking but rarely go so it’s still a treat. Sounds like such a fun day!
– Kate
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