I love watching commercials. Especially with Ryan. He wants to go into marketing as a career so it’s always fun to critique commercials with him. But last night, Ryan wasn’t with me while I had tuned in the Olympics so John got to hear me get annoyed at the t.v. instead. It was a Tide commercial and a young girl, about 12 years old, came on and started complaining about not being able to get the $100 pair of jeans she wanted because…
I was talking to a friend of mine recently about setting up an allowance program for her six-year-old daughter. Six is the perfect age to get an allowance going. Kids this age understand a lot about money and it’s time to start giving them some responsibility managing some so that they can begin to get into healthy habits. “She’s not interested in money at all,” my friend told me. “She doesn’t like to go shopping and never asks for anything.” I…
Nathan and I were “KidsSaving” his recent transactions yesterday. That’s when we reconcile his bank statement with his KidsSave Account. But it’s also when we make sure that his recent charity contributions or other expenses, get recorded. He looked at the balance of his bank statement with wide eyes and said, “That’s all I have in the bank?” It was over $400 so I was a little surprised at his concern. “Haven’t you been keeping track in your registry?” I…
So I’ve noticed the last several times I’ve done a load of laundry, that Nathan’s shirts are always turned inside out. I have this thing about reversing clothes and socks. I don’t do it. If either the boys or John take off their socks inside out, they get washed inside out and folded inside out. Same with shirts, underwear, shorts… They don’t like it when I do that, so they’re careful about how they take off their clothes. But having…
I had the pleasure of a phone conversation with my 5-year old niece, Olivia, the other night. We were chatting about her first weeks in Kindergarten. Apparently, Ian had brought in a pretty nifty coin collection because she talked about it for about a minute, which, if you know anything about five-year-olds, is a pretty long time for any one topic! So that led to a discussion (albeit, short) on money. I asked her what she knew about money. “You buy stuff…