Should we send him to third grade or law school?
I am now wondering if any sort of school is necessary…maybe we should just send him straight to Congress.
Why Congress?
He has placed earmarks in the Nirvana budget through creative interpretation of the law.
The law: The boys each get a weekly allowance according to age. On each birthday their allowance increases by $1 per week.
Ryan recently had a birthday so his allowance was increased.
Blog-Stedman and I then overheard him calculating new allowance rates for both Reid(5) and Rhett(3) whose birthdays are in June and December. These calculations were made with plans for increased brotherly spending on his behalf.
Me: Ryan! Reid and Rhett’s allowances won’t go up until their birthday. Only yours goes up this month.
Ryan: *with a twinkle of understanding in his eyes* You said we get an extra dollar on EACH birthday.
At that rate he will be receiving a Congressional salary before getting out of middle school...Ever since Ryan(8) started to talk we have suspected that he has a future in the legal profession. He has shown excellence in the field of debate. He has a passion for justice. He has a gift for finding the loophole.
Should we send him to third grade or law school?
I am now wondering if any sort of school is necessary…maybe we should just send him straight to Congress.
Why Congress?
He has placed earmarks in the Nirvana budget through creative interpretation of the law.
The law: The boys each get a weekly allowance according to age. On each birthday their allowance increases by $1 per week.
Ryan recently had a birthday so his allowance was increased.
Blog-Stedman and I then overheard him calculating new allowance rates for both Reid(5) and Rhett(3) whose birthdays are in June and December. These calculations were made with plans for increased brotherly spending on his behalf.
Me: Ryan! Reid and Rhett’s allowances won’t go up until their birthday. Only yours goes up this month.
Ryan: *with a twinkle of understanding in his eyes* You said we get an extra dollar on EACH birthday.
At that rate he will be receiving a Congressional salary before getting out of middle school...
Should we send him to third grade or law school?
I am now wondering if any sort of school is necessary…maybe we should just send him straight to Congress.
Why Congress?
He has placed earmarks in the Nirvana budget through creative interpretation of the law.
The law: The boys each get a weekly allowance according to age. On each birthday their allowance increases by $1 per week.
Ryan recently had a birthday so his allowance was increased.
Blog-Stedman and I then overheard him calculating new allowance rates for both Reid(5) and Rhett(3) whose birthdays are in June and December. These calculations were made with plans for increased brotherly spending on his behalf.
Me: Ryan! Reid and Rhett’s allowances won’t go up until their birthday. Only yours goes up this month.
Ryan: *with a twinkle of understanding in his eyes* You said we get an extra dollar on EACH birthday.
At that rate he will be receiving a Congressional salary before getting out of middle school...
Greetings
This story CRACKED ME UP. Actually, I’ve been lurking on here for a little while. Why I’ve never piped in, I’ll never know.
So I sheepishly left you an award on my site, to make amends for being the creepy lurker.
Hey Holly,
We do the same $1.00 per year…but we TAX them, necessitate tithing, and split the rest equally into quick cash, med term savings & college fund…not a bad system. We are using the tax money to buy materials for a giant sandbox for the backyard!
Gotta love the idea that he wanted each of them to get a dollar more for each OTHERS birthdays!!!
Pax.
hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee
Will you really give them $18/mo when they are 18? That’s a lot of money for a high school kid.
Loopholes! Always looking for the %$#@! loopholes.
Wow, that is one smart kiddo. I am totally impressed. (and a little scared)
He is one smart (and diabolical!) cookie!!! Gotta love that!
I the AIG execs would like him on their side! 😉
That’s how we do allowances, too.
He is ONE SMART cookie!!
🙂 YAY mom.