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Back in February, the girls found a small radio in a geocache.  For a month or so, whenever they would travel, they would split the earbuds and listen to the radio. But the old little thing broke. So I suggested to the girls that they try to earn some money and buy a new one.

They have three money jars, and whenever they get some money, they split it between the three jars: the fun jar, the learning jar (for trips and higher ed) and the helping jar (to give to charity.) They already had $5 in their fun jars each… so they decided to collect bottles to add to it.

Well, after diligently collecting bottles for two months, I decided I would help them see the return on their invested time and energy. We took in the bottles, emptied their fun jars, and Mommy took them to buy a new MP3 player. I topped up the amount, of course, but the lesson was absolutely there. They got a splitter, two sets of kid headphones that actually ft and stay on, AND a panda-shaped speaker for their room. I have to admit, the speaker was really for me. They’ve been having a blast – they only listen to the headphones on trips, (like the 1 hour to Vernon!) but the panda speaker in the ir room has been used a lot. They were dancing to Puntomayo Islands and Tchaikovsky today. So cute!