March Forth

We didn't intentionally plan anything for March 4th...or March Forth!  As it turns out, we ended up opening bank accounts for each boy on that day. Maybe that's an appropriate accomplishment for a March Forth! 

My kids seem to get a lot of money. Sometimes we spend it on something big like an outing.  Sometimes we take "treat" money (like $3 on Valentine's day or St. Patrick's day) and go have ice cream.  But usually I put money into our regular savings account.  I keep track of it all and know how much is saved for each of them.  But they recently received some checks written directly to each of them, so I thought it was time to open indivudual accounts.  In exchange for their business, our credit union gave them a card to track deposits/withdrawals, a coin-card to save quarters, a book about javalinas and a stuffed javalina.   Dispite the fact that it took over an hour to open two kid's-accounts, I think they look pretty pleased! 

Now conversations in our house go something like this.  "We could take those coins and put them in your bank account at the bank."  "Yeah, but then I wouldn't have them anymore."

Do your kids have bank accounts? Are they bothered that they will not get the exact dollar bill back from the bank once they give it to them?