Thread: Vomited on, peed on, shat on, and sleep deprived

Well Mine are teenagers now and the older they get the more fun they are. I am going to give you one piece of advise that has paid of in buckets full for Holly and I raising ours. When ours started school we made a deal with them.

We told them we would pay them 1 dollar per grade level for each A on their report card. So in 1st grade they got $1 per A, in 12th grade they got $12 per A. Yes I have two straight A students and come report card time I am going to owe my 10th grader $70 and my 12th grader $48 (she only has 4 HS classes this year She takes college classes the last half of the day).

A lot of my friends made fun of me for paying my kids that much. But my oldest is valedictorian of her class and is headed to MIT in the fall. My youngest is also a straight A student and is headed to Missou for vet school in a couple years. The return on my investment has been extreme.

Enjoy that baby, make sure you hug it a lot even when it gets older and is embarrassed by it.
Great looking kid BTW

Ray

You have a beautiful daughter sir. Cherish this time with baby Bonnie, it is over far too quickly. Before you know it she'll be walking!!

My gosh how I loved those days. It was so great to hold my son when he was so tiny. The amount of bodily fluids (and semi-solids) that you're forced to handle never seems to detract from the little bundle of sweetness you get to hold.

My son's ten now. I just finished a long chat with him after supper. It's nice when they're old enough to talk (and listen occasionally). I love him now, but I miss the baby he was. Too late for me to go through that again, but I'm sometimes tempted.

Originally Posted by HNSB

Heh. I thought you were going to say you became a paramedic

Yeah, that's where I thought it was going too.

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Originally Posted by RayCover

Well Mine are teenagers now and the older they get the more fun they are. I am going to give you one piece of advise that has paid of in buckets full for Holly and I raising ours. When ours started school we made a deal with them.

We told them we would pay them 1 dollar per grade level for each A on their report card. So in 1st grade they got $1 per A, in 12th grade they got $12 per A. Yes I have two straight A students and come report card time I am going to owe my 10th grader $70 and my 12th grader $48 (she only has 4 HS classes this year She takes college classes the last half of the day).

A lot of my friends made fun of me for paying my kids that much. But my oldest is valedictorian of her class and is headed to MIT in the fall. My youngest is also a straight A student and is headed to Missou for vet school in a couple years. The return on my investment has been extreme.

Enjoy that baby, make sure you hug it a lot even when it gets older and is embarrassed by it.
Great looking kid BTW

Ray

Mizzou is a great school, I'm currently enrolled. If you're ever visiting be sure to give me a yell.


And congrats on the daughter. I remember when my nephews were that age and I wouldnt give those memories up for the world.

Congratulations,
Being a father is the noblest of endeavors.

I have 2 girls, 1 is 23 and married and 1 is 12. Wouldn't trade them for the world. Until they marry you are the most important person in a little girls life.

Jeff