If you give a girl a pickle...

She'll probably ask for the jar when it's empty. We are going on a Florida Vacation in February of 2009, we're all eager about it. The children have been invited to save monies with us and help plan what we'll do and where we'll go. When we selected our hotel it was over a series of dinner conversations about what was important to everybody. It's so neat to hear the thoughts and priorities of a 6 1/2 and 3 yr old. Joshua says he wants a "wave pool" but i think a swimming pool will work. Kaity has requested a place that serves breakfast and has yogurt. We have booked our hotel and thankfully everybody should get their needs met. So fast forward to the pickle jar, we buy HUGE glass jars of pickles because we go through them so quickly and just so happened to empty a jar as I had an abundance of change that needed a home. Last summer we saved change and the coins were cashed in and we took the dollars and went spelunking. This year we are going to save our coins (and dollars) to put toward our Disney trip. Kaity is already thinking of ways to save/raise/earn money and Joshua is finding all the rogue coins in the house to add in to the mix. I vacillate between wanting to include the kids and not wanting to burden them with the concept of cost/expense. My parents did a poor job teaching me the fundamentals of money and I think this might be a good way to develop the concept of saving for something....I dont know I'll let you know in 20 years if they end up on Oprah! :)