Ivy has been talking about this for WEEKS, and now the day has finally arrived! She was scheduled to go to work (REAL work) at a grocery store on Friday so here we are! She was hired for the day by Grampa Z. (It really helps when you know the manager!) :-) Our little girl is growing up...she already has her very first job!
Ivy was a VERY busy girl at her work. Her work duties included:
...working in the bakery icing the donuts and then decorating them with sprinkles. (She even got to bring the sprinkles home with her!) While working in the bakery, she even got to see and greet her Aunt Julie and her cousins, Kaya and Riley as they were shopping in the store!
...working in the deli.
...stocking and fronting the shelves.
...putting up signs of the special offers the store was having for the week.
...checking groceries out or "beeping stuff" (as Ivy would call it). This was Ivy's FAVORITE job at the store. 
...making her own signs for the store while being a security guard watching all of the surveillance screens to nab any shoplifters that may come into the store. (Talk about a multitasker!)
All in a day's work!
Ivy LOVED working at Grampa's store, and Grampa said that she was such a good little worker. She even got paid $5 for all of her hard work. Keep up the hard work, Ivy! Thank you, Grampa, for taking the time out of your busy day so that Ivy could have this fun and unforgettable experience! And, thank you, Grampa, for taking all of the great pictures!
By the way, did you notice Ivy's outfit? She has had this outfit picked out for weeks to wear especially for her work in Grampa's store.
Also, the donuts that Ivy frosted and decorated at the store...well, Daddy bought them so that Ivy, Owen, and their cousins could have a special treat. Here's Ivy showing her cousin Anna the donuts she created!
The following is a quote/poem entitled Sketches by Ben Burroughs that Grampa shared with Nathan and me one day many years ago. I'm not sure if he still does (I'm pretty sure he does though), but at the time, he said that he has carried this quote in his wallet ever since he was given it many, many years before that:
"It's a privilege to be able
to go forth to work each day
ready, willing and able
to earn my daily pay
it's a blessing to possess the health
and strength to go along
coping with the problems
making life a song
it's wonderful to know someone
on whom I can depend
few things are more precious
than a trusting friend
to have a love to cling to
and children's happy laughter
gives me something to live for
now and forever after
these are the necessary things
without them I would be
like a piece of driftwood
tossing on life's sea
but with them I am privileged
and I give thanks to God
who gives me faith to travel on
when roads are rough to trod."
But we urge you, brothers, to do this [love one another] more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. ~I Thessalonians 4:10b-12
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