Money managing for kids

I have been wanting to come up with an idea for money managment for rowan!

 

And just haven't put much time into it... well because i just don't have a lot of time these days.

 

and then i saw this over at this blog i read. so cute.

 

so of course i had to do it.

how could i not?

 

 

 

rowan already has a piggy bank that she got from grandma & grandpa for Christmas last year.

It's where all her money has gone and she never really spent any of it.

it all just went into that bank.

 

so i decided it's past due to teach this girl to SPEND... and save and give. duh!

 

so we spent an evening sorting and exchanging. and dividing.

 

so the girl got to spend.

and spend she did!

 

 

taken with my phone

 

she absolutely loves her cinderella walkie talkies.

 

and she is now saving to buy something else that she saw at the toy store.

didn't take the girl long to figure out how to spend her moolah!

First day of Pre-K!!

First day!

 

waving to daddy

 

cheesy smile. attempting a cute pose.

 

 

of course this is bittersweet.

 

i'm excited and happy that she is going to be learning, playing and making friends all on her own!

but this is my baby's first time being away from me on a consistent basis.

of course we decided to send her to preschool a week before she started! this was a very last minute decision that was made, but we are oh-so-happy we made it!

bubba of course was totally bummed that he missed out on her first day of pre-k. especially because it was so last minute that it was planned and wasn't anything he had to prepare himself for when he left.

but he's happy now that she's going. because she loves it.

 

I saw on a blog about doing the first and last day of school pictures.

I'm going to give myself a break being as this is the first time i've ever done it and we had 5 minutes to get pictures taken and had a meltdown during that time. {see the wetness on her eyes?}

soo.. yes. there is a shadow over her face and it's not centered and it's not the ideal picture that i wanted. but life goes on right?

 

i mean i can't let my perfectionism overcome everything.

at least it's something :)

 

So with all the time consuming cute ideas on pinterest to do for a first day picture I came up with this idea the morning of because I just ran out of time! But I ended up loving this because every year I can showcase her handwriting and how it improves over the years!

 

 

 

FIRST DAY OF PRE-K

Puyallup fair

Rowan and I decided to take on the fair!!

 

We had such a great time, but we both were wishing that Bubba could be there with us! SOON THOUGH!! But we don't let the deployment stop us. That's something that I learned quickly. Still have to go out and do and live!

 

 

SWINGS!!

when she got off her butt was soaking went.. i'm pretty sure she peed her pants it rained the night before

 

 

Tilt a whirl.

Me: rowan smile!

cheese!

ride starts!! ahhh!!

snap.

doesn't get any more real than that.

 

 

walk on water..

uh yeah.

awesome.

i only wish that i could have also done this.

i mean seriously.. trying to roll, walk or anything was completely hysterical to watch! it didn't look like an easy task.

 

 

fun. fun.fun.

train ride.

 

we had such an awesome time and spent 6 hours there scarfing down scones, elephant ears, pizza and grease! We both loved that she had grown a few more inches from last year and was able to go on some more rides this year!

... ya know one can only take the stationary motorcycles for so long. ha.

Love her.

She's amazing. :)