Just hug them and keep them safe. There was a major tragedy that was simply horrifying that happened in MA this weekend and the details of the case have made my heart so sick. Then I read about a tragedy in California and it is just so senseless. When I heard about these things the only thing on my mind was getting home and hugging Eva. I’d go through anything to protect her.
Tomorrow night in Florida there will be a group of people bowling to raise money for a family who would do anything to help protect their two sons. The Stults family is struggling very hard to raise money for treatments for their sons Brisan and Parker. Market Leverage is sponsoring a charity Bowl-A-Thon in addition to some BenSpark.com hats and Photo-A-Day Calendars I’m sponsoring one of the bowlers, my friend Tim Jones. While I cannot be there in person I am going to try and bowl with them on a virtual level.
Sponsor me as I Wii Bowl as a Virtual participant in the Market Leverage Bowl-A-Thon for Niemann Disease Pick Type C. Sponsor me at $0.10 a pin so we can raise money for the Stults Family and the Niemann Pick Disease Fund. Leave a comment letting me know that you would like to be a sponsor and then On Tuesday night as I Wii Bowl on Stickam I’ll let you know how many pins I knocked down.
* – # pins means # points at end of each game. So if I throw a spare and then knock over 3 pins I have a 13 in the 1st frame. If it was just pins my total possible score if I was perfect would be 100 but as we know in bowling a perfect score is 300, so the number for which you would be sponsoring would be the number of my score at the end of the game.
But as I think about Eva growing up I am going to have to start thinking about allowances. And well, the nickels from my pocket change aren’t going to cut it so I’m going to have to give her something substantial for her doing chores. It is a long way off from that but I probably should start saving for her allowance now because God knows how much things are going to cost when she is old enough for an allowance. Luckily I can have some help in setting aside money for her allowance with Pay Jr. With PAYjr I can set aside money electronically to give to Eva for doing her weekly chores. I can even set up a Chore Chart with Pay Jr and print that out for Eva to manage her weekly chores.
There are two types of cards for PAYjr. there is the 12 and under card (the one I would be using sooner) and the 13 and over card (which I will have to fund also). The 12 and under card can be a Target gift card and since Eva will most likely be a Target kid this works out perfectly for us. I really want to do well in teaching Eva to manage money and I think the PAYjr site can help. For one thing, we can chart her chore progress together and she can see how much she is owed because she completed her chores, there is also additional financial education aspects tot he site and a way that some of the allowance can be set aside as savings and some for spending. I think that striking the right balance between the two is going to be a very important thing to establish early on.
Another nice thing about the site is the ability to send alerts when payment should be added as well as when chores should be completed. These alerts can go to both parents and children. We are living in a digital age and you may think that it is impersonal but I think it is going to be one great way to enhance communication.
