$100

Every year for Christmas, the kids each get a $100 bill from their Grandpa.  We take it and put in in their bank accounts for safe keeping.  Sometimes this generous gift can be lost on the little ones, but as they grow so does their interest in money and therefore this gift.  This was the first year I think that Caleb really got it and how awesome it was to have a $100 bill.  He knows he has this money tucked away and often dreams up how he wants to spend it.

The four of them also got  new piggy banks for Christmas.  They all have been excited to put every last coin and bill they find in there.  Lucy even found a $1 bill in the front yard and was ecstatic!  They misplaced out Wii remotes and we could not find them for over a week.  They had lost interest in finding them so I set a reward.  I offered $1 for each remote they found. A frantic search began, and Dad, who was home, found them in less than 5 minutes.

Today he wanted to play with his toy airplane that he could not find.  He offered a reward of $100 for whomever found it.  Then he told me that I probably wanted to be the one to find it because $100 was a lot.  I happened to know exactly where the said airplane was and told him.  When I asked for the money, he changed the reward to a quarter.  He went into his bank and got me the quarter.

I guess I need to teach him about how bait and switch is not one of the best practices.