100 Doubloons

We have recently begun a reward system for Cayden to help him be a better listener and a nicer big brother. He LOVES the show Jake and the Neverland Pirates so Jared thought it would be a fun idea to let Cayden earn doubloons each time he is a good listener and for LOTS of other reasons to promote good behavior. ( He loses them for negative behaviors.) We took him to a party store and bought gold doubloons and a treasure chest. He was VERY excited. Throughout the month he worked diligently to earn his doubloons. When he earned 100 he got to go the ride the roller coasters.

Every time we go to have lunch with Jared we pass Elitch Gardens. When the weather was cold we would tell him that we had to wait until the park opened. He COULDN'T wait. He was excited when he earned his 100 doubloons and could go ride.
He ended up not really enjoying the actual roller coaster. Neither Jared or I could ride with him because you HAVE to be under 54' to ride. SO he bravely went on by himself but only went around once and was screaming to get off. So Jared pulled him off and he pointed to a great big green roller coaster and said, through streams of tears, "I want to ride that one!" We explained that his body wasn't big enough yet for the big green one and stayed in the kiddie area.

Way to go Cayden for earning 100 doubloons!!!!

We had such a fun day!

~Love To All~