You Didn’t Have to Rat Me Out
Posted on 7.24.08 at 8:52 pm
So tonight the hubs gives the boys their allowance for helping around the house. Each is asked to do various “chores” ( I use this term lightly) and in exchange they earn money for their piggy banks.
Hubs: “Here you go boys. Good job helping Mommy and Daddy around the house this week.”
Both boys scoop up their money (change mostly-they love the sound it makes when it hits the bottom of the ceramic piggy banks. Lucky for us, dollars don’t make any noise going in.)
Me: (Jokingly) “Wow Dad. I worked hard this week too. Where is my allowance?”
SM: (Without hesitation) “Mom, you don’t need an allowance. You get money from the bank all the time.”
Thanks for having my back son…… That’s exactly what I needed your Dad to hear.
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I'm Shannan. I'm a Mom, wife, career gal & technology geek from Cincinnati, Ohio. The lone woman in a house full of men, I blog about life in Cincinnati, my family and things of interest to me as a wife, mother, woman and tech junkie. 
7.24.08 at 10:21 pm
MamaGeek comments:
Oh go configure. Isn’t that just PAR!?!
7.24.08 at 11:24 pm
Headless Mom comments:
Mine always think that because I get $ from the machine that there is always $ there.
Don’t I wish.
7.24.08 at 11:30 pm
Kellan comments:
How cute! Alexis is still trying to figure out the whole bank/money/credit card thing – always telling me I can just use my credit card – HA!
Have a good Friday, Shannan – see you – Kellan
7.25.08 at 8:28 am
Alex Elliot comments:
Ha ha! We’re about to start allowances over here. I can my son making the same remark your son did!
7.25.08 at 8:59 am
Kristen comments:
I love it. You never know what “secrets” a child will keep.
7.25.08 at 10:30 am
Ashley comments:
Haha! It was for those shoes, wasn’t it? lol Thanks for visiting me at http://www.firstimpressionsbaby.com/blog!
xoxo
Ash
7.25.08 at 12:31 pm
Kate The Great comments:
Shannan, it was lovely meeting you last night @ the ML event. I was so excited to see so many fabulous lady bloggers there – perhaps we can all go out for a glass of wine sometime!
Cheers,
K
7.25.08 at 4:38 pm
amy turn sharp of doobleh-vay comments:
lovely!!!
7.30.08 at 11:21 am
A Mom Two Boys comments:
They’re so HELPFUL, aren’t they?