Monies

Olivia has a small obsession with money or as she calls it 'monies'! She went through a phase where she actually came up to us and asked for money, but if you gave her paper money she would give it back and ask for monies because she didn't see the correlation between change and paper currency. Ha ha that made me laugh, I'll take that $20 if she wants a quarter! She will also sit and empty her piggy banks just to fill them up again.

A little over a month ago she showed interest in wanting to help feed Oakley. She wanted to do it "all by myself!" so we let her put Oakley's food in his bowl. The next day when she saw his bowl was empty she proudly told us that he needed more food. This little habit is a good one and a great way to teach her the concept of money. So Ben offered to pay her $.25 each day to feed Oakley. She jumped all over that and now takes her little job very seriously. Except that she wants to overfill his bowl and feed him 10 times a day.