Last Saturday, May 22nd, we had a garage sale and it was a huge success. We even convinced Alli to let us sell some of her stuff with the promise that she would get $15 to spend on absolutely anything she wanted. Well, it ended up being $16 because we had given her $1 to go shopping at our neighbors' sales (we did a neighborhood sale!) and when she went to pay for the bottle she bought with her dollar, Mrs. L gave her four quarters as change ;-)
She was so excited when we gave her 16 dollar bills!!!
She was so ready to go spend her moola!
What better place to take her than Toys R Us?!?!?! She did such a great job of making wise choices and wound up with another baby that she has named Baby Marley (one of the babies she knows from church). When we were walking out, she wanted to ride a plane, I started to say no (habit I guess!) but stopped myself and told her she still had money if she wanted to ride (she had $.81 left after paying for the baby). She climbed up and put in her two quarters. What a ride! Then she wanted Skittles and took out another quarter ~ she even asked both Mommy & Daddy if we wanted one!!! She had $.06 left for her bunny bank and is already asking when we can have another garage sale ;-)
Love this story!!! What a cutie and also such a great lesson for her about money too. I can totally see her trying to sell off all of her stuff. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is So cute! Has she ever held that much money before? Amazing that you can't buy much at Toys R Us with $16 dollars! What a blast for her!!
ReplyDeleteSmart Kid! Uncle Z and daddy will have her watching Mad Money and investing soon! ;)
ReplyDeleteSmart shopper!! So glad she had that "extra" dollar to help her buy Skittles and ride the plane! ;-)
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