Emily has been working ALLLLLL summer for a replica necklace of the magic egg from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
My dad made an agreement with her if she would pick up the dog poop in the back yard 49 times then he would give her the egg necklace.
I made a chart and went in 1/2 on the necklace because of the price. Things were going great when she was out of school and we were down at my mom's almost every day. But when school started and we had homework and a bed time to stick to we didn't make it down as much as we had hoped. All of the other cousins and even Grandma helped out to help her earn the egg. It has been all she could talk about since summer! She lost interest half way through the job so grandpa pulled out the necklace and let her actually see that he had it for her and she got to hold it for a minute. That was all she needed to light the fire again and she would ask me daily if we were going down to grandmas house.
Cant you just see the joy in her eyes!!! I am really grateful to my dad for teaching her such a valuable lesson. If you work really hard for something you can acheieve it. No matter what the job is if you do your best you will be rewarded.
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