i know, 2nd post of the day...it better be good, is that what you're thinking?
well, the title is not coming from me. it is a direct quote from *adeline*! somehow over the past month she has caught onto money & that things cost money. & she then put it all together: she has a piggy bank that we put money in, she wants some things that cost money...thus, she gets to buy things with her money!
her main objectives? to buy a ball, a big big big ball, as she says. & also a barbie. b/c mia has one; yes, the one adeline picked out for mia for the christmas exchange (so we somehow started this whole barbie thing in a way, eh?).
& today after bowling i had a $1.50 left & pulled it out of my pocket at home. adeline nabbed it quickly but i put it up b/c amelia was around. & just now, after we have been on *the great puzzle piece search #56* (only this time we are missing about 6 pieces total...we've been slacking, yes). so we have been looking high & low in the downstairs for these missing puzzle pieces & adeline again stumbles on the change from bowling. she asks me to count the money with her, & i do.
her answer? NEED MORE MONEY, MOMMY!!!!!!
so i guess we need to start thinking about our approach to the whole money-talk. are we forcing a savings & tithe? i really had anticipated the sex talk coming before this! i am much more prepared for that talk than money...9 months of sex ed to middle & high school students will do that to a person, but money? nope. i may just pass this talk off to wes.
but seriously, kids start asking for more money at age 3 these days? you know, when i was a kid, all we wanted was ten cents--or 50 cents if we were pushing our luck--to hide our bikes down to hank's gas station in nankin to get some candy. you know, after we hiked that mile or 4 uphill. (really, it was just a 2 minute bike ride b/c we were slow & also b/c we had to walk our bike across state route 302). anyway, i'm still in shock about her understanding money. this is for sure wes' deal b/c i had to use my phone calculator today to add the total for the 2 games this morning (for anyone who also needs a calculator for everything, $1.75 + $1.75 = $3.50, leaving $1.50 in change from a $5 bill. yup, needed a calculator for that bad boy)...
well, the title is not coming from me. it is a direct quote from *adeline*! somehow over the past month she has caught onto money & that things cost money. & she then put it all together: she has a piggy bank that we put money in, she wants some things that cost money...thus, she gets to buy things with her money!
her main objectives? to buy a ball, a big big big ball, as she says. & also a barbie. b/c mia has one; yes, the one adeline picked out for mia for the christmas exchange (so we somehow started this whole barbie thing in a way, eh?).
& today after bowling i had a $1.50 left & pulled it out of my pocket at home. adeline nabbed it quickly but i put it up b/c amelia was around. & just now, after we have been on *the great puzzle piece search #56* (only this time we are missing about 6 pieces total...we've been slacking, yes). so we have been looking high & low in the downstairs for these missing puzzle pieces & adeline again stumbles on the change from bowling. she asks me to count the money with her, & i do.
her answer? NEED MORE MONEY, MOMMY!!!!!!
so i guess we need to start thinking about our approach to the whole money-talk. are we forcing a savings & tithe? i really had anticipated the sex talk coming before this! i am much more prepared for that talk than money...9 months of sex ed to middle & high school students will do that to a person, but money? nope. i may just pass this talk off to wes.
but seriously, kids start asking for more money at age 3 these days? you know, when i was a kid, all we wanted was ten cents--or 50 cents if we were pushing our luck--to hide our bikes down to hank's gas station in nankin to get some candy. you know, after we hiked that mile or 4 uphill. (really, it was just a 2 minute bike ride b/c we were slow & also b/c we had to walk our bike across state route 302). anyway, i'm still in shock about her understanding money. this is for sure wes' deal b/c i had to use my phone calculator today to add the total for the 2 games this morning (for anyone who also needs a calculator for everything, $1.75 + $1.75 = $3.50, leaving $1.50 in change from a $5 bill. yup, needed a calculator for that bad boy)...
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