Money thief

So, Grandma Robertson usually gives kids $10 for their bdays. I wasn't there when Ada opened her card from Grandma so I never saw where the money went, and Jer says, "There was money?"  I just figured that Judy had forgotten this year (which I didn't mind Judy... ), until I did laundry today.  I did the kids bathroom laundry and in the dryer was a brand new laundered $10 bill.  I'm guessing that Ada pocketed it before anyone else knew! 

We took it to the bank today to put in her savings.  (I wanted to set up savings for each kid so that they get the idea of how to save, that's one way my parents taught me.  Our bank even has an early savers program that you get stamps and stickers when you deposit things into their account, and after x amount of deposits they give the child $10... so the kids like going to the bank.)  It was really cute.  I gave Ada the money and her little bank book.  Sam wanted to do it too... so I gave him his bank book and $1.00 in quarters that I found in the car... and they very seriously took them up to the man.  Ada told him, "This is my birthday money." Sammy chucked them up at the counter because he couldn't reach... after trying to intervene several times I finally got all the quarters away from him and to the clerk.  And they proudly gave me back their books and I gave them their receipts and stuck their stickers onto their shirts... which are still there.  Sammy was so sad in the car when he dropped it... he kept saying, "My dollar, my dollar!"

I hope that eventually they understand what saving is and what you can/should use it for.  We'll see!