Hannah is getting quite good at counting money for a six year old. When her grandparents were here at Thanksgiving, she made some money "selling" them her artwork. (We won't name any names for who got that started, but he goes by the code name of PAWPAW around here.) We finally had to put a stop to it when she was trying to charge her brother for a picture.
Brent took Hannah to the bank last month so she could open her own savings account. She has learned to pick up coins that are left around the house. They either go in her bank or the offering can for Sundays. She had saved well over $25. Brent helped her divide it into 1/3's. She chose to give to the Lottie Moon Christmas offering, the church building fund and then put the rest in her savings account.
What she didn't realize was that her bank would be empty. So she was developing the habit of asking us for money. One day she kept saying, "Will you give me some cash?" or "Will you give me some money?" all day. That just wasn't going to happen! Well today, I got the bright idea of telling her, "Hannah, I'll pay you one penny for every sweet gum ball you pick up off the ground." Off she went...and 5 hours later she had picked up 903 sweet gum balls...yep, that translates to $9.03 we owe her. I'm just glad I didn't offer a nickel for every sweet gum ball!! :)
The photo shows Hannah with her sweet gum balls in the 5 bags ready to go to the dump in the back of Daddy's truck. At least our yard looks a little nicer now...and Hannah says the grass isn't "sticky" anymore.
Now she wants to make papers to give to our neighbors to tell them she'll pick up their sweet gum balls for $.01 each...that just might be a good idea!
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