The week before our trip we let the boys earn some money for the trip. This had a two-fold mission. One was to get some things done at home without complaining and the other was to teach them how to use money since we don't want money to be some mysterious object to them. So, on our trip we let them go to the gift shops at each museum. It was great fun to watch them look at the price of each item and state that some items were not a good deal while other were. They actually did a great job finding nice things to remember their trip that they would also be able to enjoy. I was very impressed by their choices and hope they enjoy their new toys. Michael found a toy space shuttle that moves and formed a Cheetah family (two adults and one baby). Joshua found some wooden planes that are propelled with rubber bands and later found a baby tiger and a tiger pen. Jacob got an airplane and a giraffe pen.
I also thought it was great when we were heading back to the subway that the boys saw someone selling ice cream and wanted some. We told them we didn't think it was the best use of our money, so they asked if they could use their money. They did a good job discussing with us that they really wanted the ice cream and it was worth it to them to use their money to but it. If nothing else we learned that they really wanted that ice cream and I was glad they had a little money to get something little that they wanted.
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