Goals!

 You might remember that we are going through Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and we have starting having our kids work on commission. We decided that the kids should have a goal in mind for the money they are saving. You know something to look forward to and work towards. Owen has known for a long time what he wanted to work towards and it's come in handy when we've been out. He seriously as a "money is burning a hole in my pocket" way about him so he would just spend it all in a heartbeat. So when we are out and about and he wants to spend some of his money I just ask him if what he wants whatever he wants more than he wants his tank. That usually keeps him in check.

 

Jack and Ella didn't know what they wanted to spend their money so we decided to take a trip to the toy store.

 

 

 

Here's the tank Owen's been talking about for months. Just the other night we sorted and counted (I forgot how fun that was) all his money and he has over $17! I'm so proud of him. He's more than half way to his goal.

 

 

Ella isn't really big on playing with toys really. She has her few favorites....babies, strollers, kitchen stuff. She did see this house though and she like the doorbell and the little people. Since Ella is younger she only gets paid for keeping her room clean. She doesn't have any extra jobs right now. We will change that in the future though. She's going to have to save for a while to get it...right now she only has $4.

 

 

Jack is my little actor....loves to be playing a part. He saw this pirate costume and just wanted to have it. It's only $14 so it won't be long before he makes his goal. I'm not exactly sure how much money he has now though because he wouldn't help me sort his money so I didn't count it for him. He was in a mood!

 

The coolest part about our trip to Toy's R Us was the fact that we didn't buy a thing and we walked out hand in hand with 4 kids and none of them were screaming or crying or throwing a fit. They knew going in we were just going to look and find what we wanted, but they would have to work towards it. I literally gave myself a pat on the back when we got to the van. Serious parental victory!

 

It's been so wonderful going through FPU learning how to manage our money, but it's also been wonderful passing on those traits to our kids. Helping them learn that we need to be thankful for the money that God gave us and tithing to the church. I love seeing them getting excited to give their money back to God!