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All the boys in our neighborhood have pretty cool looking bikes. Philip and Thomas have Nicole's hand me downs. They are both blue bikes, not "girly" bikes...but not too cool. I would love to give them something new, but I feel like we already spoil them too much. If they had a birthday, or something like a good report card I would consider it. I know Thomas will have nothing like a good report card. He may even bring home 5's because he did not finish the home work, or more often lost the homework (maddening). I told the boys I would get them a new bike "if" then came a long list of weekly chores they could do. Like they could take out the trash, load the dish washer, finish that homework. So we looked on e-bay at bikes. We even found some very hot wheels starting at 1€. Who knows, in 3 to 4 days we may win a bid on one of the dream bikes. If we do, they will learn a very important lesson. NEVER PAY FULL PRICE FOR ANYTHING. I may not get them to work for a long time to earn the money for a new bike, but I can teach them where to shop!

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Chelley said…
How cool is that bike!!!!
2:31 AM
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