This is what I discovered about Landon this afternoon.He loves pencils. Mostly he just likes to buy the pencils from school. Each pencil bought at school costs 25 cents. Not to bad unless you are Landon and feel the need to have 40 pencils from school. A little while ago I cut him off. No more quarters from me and no more pilfering though all of my stuff looking for more quarters.
So today he came home with his treasure. 15 pencils purchased from school. So we had the following conversation:
Me: Landon I told you no more quarters which means since you took them without asking you stole from me.
Landon: I didn't get the quarters from you.
Me: Don't lie to me Landon where else would you have gotten that many quarters from.
Landon: My friends
Me: Well you need to give your friends back their money from your own wallet
Landon: It was my payment, I earned it
Me: Payment for what?
Landon: Playing wall ball with them
Me: You mean you charge your friends to play wall ball with them?
Landon: Yes every time they ask me to play I tell them that if they pay me 25 cents I will play wall ball with them next recess.
Apparently he is running quite the business since he made almost $4 in a week. I apologize to any of you whose children have been swindled by my son. I am in the process of getting the names from him so he can return their money. On the bright side Landon may become a great salesman later in life.
