I have posted several times before, in one way or another, about how much Sydney loves flowers. From the time she was a little girl she always loved wandering the neighborhood looking at all of the beautiful blooming gardens and picking bouquets of wild flowers to bring home to display.
Lately Syd has been so into knowing how she can go about earning money. She has asked me several times how she can "get more bills for her collection." We have chatted about chores and allowance but she seems much more interested in selling things to make money rather than earning it from the sweat off her brow.
The other day she was roaming around the front yard with a pair of scissors in hand and cut and arranged a pile of flowers on the grass by the sidewalk in front of our house.
Then she came inside and asked me if I could write a sign for her. She dictated: "Flowers for sale, $5. Please leave money for flowers on the front porch or in the mailbox. Thank you."
Then she carefully placed her note beside the flowers she had laid out.
We left to go to swimming lessons and when we returned I had all but forgotten about the flowers and note, but not Sydney. She bolted for the front door and flew outside to see if anyone had bought any of her flowers for sale. She was truly disappointed when she saw them all still laying there.
So later that night, after she had gone to bed, I heard a sound akin to Santa's sleigh on our front lawn and in the morning Sydney awoke to find all of the flowers had been purchased and in the mailbox was a card just for her with $5 taped inside.
The satisfied and content look on her face just made my day! She merrily put her $5 treasure in her jewellery box which now doubles as a piggy bank and asked me if she could cut more flowers to sell.
Here's hoping Santa has a stack of fivers ready for her!
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