Valentine's Advent - Day #3

We are teaching our kids about saving/giving/spending their money.  They have certain chores they are required to do simply because they are part of our family and some chores they can choose to do to earn a small amount of money.  So on day three we took them to the bank and put the money from their piggy banks that they had saved into a coin counter.  They loved this!  They got to put all of their coins in the counter and take the receipt to the teller to get the "big" money.  Then we took them to the store and got the toy they had been saving up for.  They loved paying at the register with their own money!  Anjali has had her eye on a horse for several months and she finally got it :)

Jaiden played with a Geo Trax train at someone's house recently and loved it so he has been saving his money for one for several months.  He was thrilled to finally have one!!