Rewards

Donovan Troy was having some trouble behaving (Understatement of the Year Candidate), so we started doing a star chart reward system. He has ten rules, and he gets a star at the end of each day if he's followed them. If he earns 8 stars in a day, he gets a SuperStar. Three SuperStars allow Donovan to choose a special activity from a list. His behavior has improved since we started this. So far, he's earned trips to the Waseca Water Park, the Science Museum of Minnesota (dinosaurs exhibits were popular with the boy), a screening of Shrek the Third with Papa (I can't believe we found a theatre still running it - and for only $2.50 a ticket too!), and yesterday the Como Zoo with their new amusement park, Como Town. He had a blast riding the rides, especially the Screamin' Dragon roller coaster and the Traffic Jam bumper cars. Papa had to drive the bumper cars, since Donovan wasn't tall enough for his own car, but he had fun telling me which car to ram. We were easily the most aggressive drivers on the track! While the boys did the park, the girls took in the animals. We joined them for a bit while Donovan rested from the rides. Dawn said that Kaleigh wasn't interested in the animals, until we got to the sea lions and the puffins. Both times, she tried to stand up in her stoller!