The other day, I went to Britni’s for the afternoon.  As soon as we got there, I was on an important call and my phone kept beeping through as my Mom was trying to get a hold of me.  I kept refusing, but then Brit came out and said my Mom really needed to talk to me.  I said I would still have to call her back, because this could have been anything from, I can’t get my T.V. to record my show…. to how do you open an Email attachment — hence the no-worries attitude!  So she just took care of business with Brit.  My Mom asked Brit to hand the phone to Scout, and then asked him, “Scout….where is the money that was on my counter top?”  He immediately said, “It is in my pocket.”  So then he was instructed to hand the phone back to Brit, and my mom asked her to see exactly how much he had in his pocket.  She totaled it up to be $140.00, and it was the exact amount she had left for the cleaners.
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Needless to say, I had to have a talk with Scout about not every penny he sees being his, and he always needs to ask in order to take.  (I created the monster when I told him to always take my change on my counter and put it in his piggy bank!)  So now, about once a day, I hear, “Nonnie….can I have the money that is on your desk?”  Or, “Mom, do you think I could put this in my piggy bank?”
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The saving part I love.  I guess I need to be a better enforcer of “working for your money”.