Maya’s Present for Her Brother
While my boys were spending a few days in Toronto Maya decided she would like to go out shopping and surprise her brother with a present for his birthday. She emptied her SPENDING money into her wallet and we headed out to the dollar store. She was pretty intent on finding the perfect gift that [...]
First Bank Account
Today my little guy – Caleb – is turning seven! Lately, he’s been asking if he could open up his own bank account. Since he was three years old he’s received a weekly allowance divided between four piggy banks named SPENDING, SAVING, SHARING and SCHOOLING. We thought a bank account would be a great way to use the money [...]
Kids Experience a Silent Auction for Charity
This weekend our family attended a silent auction for a non-profit reading program my children are involved in. The program became instrumental in helping to develop my children’s reading skills to the point where their interest in books and their ability to read has greatly increased. The program is Links to Learning and we felt [...]
SPENDING Money on Popcorn Day!
An interesting thing happened last week. My children came home from school announcing that there would be a popcorn day on Thursday. For $1 they could purchase a bag of popcorn during their snack break. Immediately Caleb checked his SPENDING piggy bank and announced that he was going to take $1 to school to purchase [...]
Sharing to Help the Frogs
My daughter Maya is an animal lover and decided that with money from her SHARING piggy bank, she would like to symbolically adopt a frog. In the past she has used money from this piggy bank to visit the pet store and buy food and treats for the animals at our local humane society. With [...]
All I Want for Christmas is an RESP
Starting a registered education savings plan for your child’s future education would make a great gift this holiday season. Grandparent’s might even like the idea as an RESP will become a gift that will greatly benefit their grandchildren in the future. It may seem a little intimidating to get started but there are many financial planners ready [...]
Hat’s off to Yummy Mummies!
This week has been an extremely busy one! I’ve had 2 sick kids (stomach virus….not swine flu) to take care of, teaching, writing articles (one of which was sent to Yummy Mummy), judging for Mom’s Choice Awards, updating my 4 Piggies website for the arrival of 8000 piggy banks, and to top it off we’ll [...]
The Terry Fox Run
Recently my children participated in the Terry Fox Run with their school to raise funds for cancer research. Cancer is something our children have been exposed to from a young age when an aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer and a schoolmate was diagnosed with leukemia. To raise money, the children were asked to bring [...]
Back to School – with mixed emotions
I’m pondering the thought of having my children go back to school next week with mixed emotions. Our family has been on quite the journey this summer with our biggest adventure being our move to a new home. We love that we are in a country setting with plenty of room for the kids to [...]
Mom’s Choice Awards
If you are a mom and you haven’t yet had the chance to check out the products honored by the Mom’s Choice Awards, take a moment to visit their website. The Mom’s Choice Awards® is an annual awards competition that recognizes authors, inventors, companies, parents and others for their efforts in creating quality family-friendly media [...]