Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Money Jar

I was at a baby shower on Saturday and as I was talking to a friend she told me about her recent vacation to Lego Land. I told her how I have been wanting to take the kids there, but I needed to figure out a way to save up some money for it. She told me she had a vacation fund and she secretly put money there until she had enough. So I started to think of a way we could save money for a vacation. Then, when I was at home, my eyes fell upon our giant money jar. It's one of those big, huge Sparklets water bottles. There is some money in there already so I thought that would be the perfect place to save our pennies. I made a sign for the jar so we all know the money in there will go towards our Lego Land trip next year. I think it will be fun to put change in there and see how much we get in a year. Colin is way excited. He keeps telling people about our money jar and that we're saving up for a trip to Lego Land. We might not save up enough to cover the whole trip but I am sure that money will go a long way in helping us have a fun vacation next year. It's always nice to have something to look forward to, something to plan and work on. It just makes life a little more fun.

3 comments:

Sia said...

That's a great idea. Karl and I have a "date pig"--it's a piggy bank that we put all our coins in (Ok, he leaves the coins all over and that's where I put them!). We cashed it in a few months ago and to our surprise it had $150 and wasn't even full! Hmmm, wonder how much is in the piggy now.....

Heidi said...

That is a good idea! I have a secret place where I hide money.. it's not a lot, but when we need a little extra cash, it comes in handy!
You will have to tell us how much you saved before your trip! How exciting for your boys!

GHFamily said...

This made me remember the pink piggy bank Sister Dixon used to have at her house that she sometimes used as a door stop.