Stealing Their Money...

Our minions are convinced that we are stealing their money. 

Yep, stealing it. 

See...

A few months ago we stopped screwing around and got serious about teaching them how to handle money. 

I went to Target and bought the boys these divided containers.

I broke out the Sharpie and labeled them:

Spend - 80%

Save - 10%

and 

Give - 10%

So they get $5 a week. 

That means they have to put fifty cents in 'save' and fifty cents in 'give' each week.

Great day, am I good at math or what?

So, each week as they divvy out the money the grumbling begins. 

"Why are you stealing money from me?"

"I don't want to put it in Save and Give!"

Yes, clearly we are stealing from them.

I told you we were working on empathy around here.

We try not to be too legalistic about it. 

For instance, when the oldest minion got a $2 bill in the mail from our associate pastor for his birthday I didn't make him break it down into spend, save, and give.

Speaking of money...

A couple days ago I forgot to take out the trash. 

Oh, alright...I didn't forget. I just decided to be lazy and put it off.

Thanks goodness because look what was hiding in the trash!

A $20 bill. 

Woo Hoo!

Well, it's like Cameron from Modern Family says:

"Yesterday's lazy, cures today's crazy."

Yes, it does. 

Now if we could just figure out how to cure the 'mom and dad are stealing my money' thing...

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