Blake's Choir Bribe

I wanted Blake to join the school choir this year and he did so reluctantly until I was able to talk his best friend, Joseph, in to joining too.  They had choir on Thurs. after school then they would walk home together, do their homework and then head off to football practice.  

The night of the performance came so we all bundled up for "The Night of Lights" at the School.  Chase looked like Randy on the Christmas Story- He couldn't put his arms down. ( It wasn't even that cold, but I had that coat and I was determined to use it!)

There's only a handful of boys and then about 30 girls in the choir.  Needless to say, Blake was not too thrilled about having to sing and dance with all those girls.  SoI fell guilty of doing the infamous BRIBE.  Blake was in the market for some extra Christmas money so I told Blake that I'd be watching carefully and if he did all the actions and sang the words the best he could I would pay him up to 5 $ depending on how well he did.  4$ for good, 3$ for okay and on down.  So as I'm watching the performance, Blake's doing great... and surprisingly so is his buddy Joseph. They're both smiling, singing their hearts out and really trying to get every action on cue. I thought to myself, "maybe I shouldn't have bribed him... look at how good Joseph's doing all on his own- he didn't need a bribe to do his best!"  Well, after the performance Blake came running up to me,  "How did I do Mom?  Did I earn the 5 bucks?"  I told him he did great and I was very proud of him.  "YES!"  he exclaimed, and then turned to Joseph and said WE did it!  I asked what he meant and Blake proceeded to tell me that before the program He had gone to Joseph with a proposal.  Blake told Joseph that if he would do all the actions and sing real loud with him that he would pay him 1$.  Blake got 4$, Joseph got 1$, and Mom got her boy to sing with a smile- Everyone went home happy!!