Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
$$$ Lessons
Two lessons in money:
1) Porter and Isaac both came out of the dentist with no cavities and $50 richer. That is the reward for a year with no cavities in our house, I just as soon pay our kids, instead of paying the dentist more. Isaac didn't even see the cash, but paid off his accordion repair and bought a clarinet ligature. The freedom of being out of debt is happiness. We came out saving hundreds of dollars.
2) Usually, I do my monthly shopping trip by myself. All of the calculating and decisions are better made without interruptions of 7 kids. Keith always suggests we go together. I always groan. But, for his birthday we went shopping as a family and to a movie. As I do every month I wrote a grocery list and gave an approximate price for each item and an idea what everything would cost. I split up the list into sections. But by the time I did that I realized that we wouldn't be within our budget if we got everything that was on the list, so instead of me deciding, I let them figure out how to cut $20 out of their own grocery list. In the end I paid for each list separately, so we could see how we did. Here are the results of the life lesson of staying within a budget and still getting the things we need:
Budget/Reduced budget/Actual
Isaac $125 /$100/$99.52
Porter $85/$65/$66.38
Pace $70/$50/$49.18
No calculators. Busy Saturday shopping at WINCO.
WOOHOO!!!!!
1) Porter and Isaac both came out of the dentist with no cavities and $50 richer. That is the reward for a year with no cavities in our house, I just as soon pay our kids, instead of paying the dentist more. Isaac didn't even see the cash, but paid off his accordion repair and bought a clarinet ligature. The freedom of being out of debt is happiness. We came out saving hundreds of dollars.
2) Usually, I do my monthly shopping trip by myself. All of the calculating and decisions are better made without interruptions of 7 kids. Keith always suggests we go together. I always groan. But, for his birthday we went shopping as a family and to a movie. As I do every month I wrote a grocery list and gave an approximate price for each item and an idea what everything would cost. I split up the list into sections. But by the time I did that I realized that we wouldn't be within our budget if we got everything that was on the list, so instead of me deciding, I let them figure out how to cut $20 out of their own grocery list. In the end I paid for each list separately, so we could see how we did. Here are the results of the life lesson of staying within a budget and still getting the things we need:
Budget/Reduced budget/Actual
Isaac $125 /$100/$99.52
Porter $85/$65/$66.38
Pace $70/$50/$49.18
No calculators. Busy Saturday shopping at WINCO.
WOOHOO!!!!!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
End of Trimester
The awards for the end of the trimester are:
Isaac- winning over 2 hard teachers, Mr. Green and Mrs. Linstrom
Porter- over 100% in ALL his classes, even 100% on all assignments and tests in several, and a TUBA ROCK STAR
Pace- most improved grades, 920% of his reading goal
Tad- readaholic, Geronimo Stilton Books
Sadie- best penmanship in the family, kindergarten substitute for 2+ months, Mrs. Lindsay who was old when Keith was in 3rd grade
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