Spending Money on What I Value

Recently I heard someone I greatly respect say that kids won't listen to what you say, they will do what you do.

Part of that involves actually doing what you want them to do. You know, exercising instead of watching TV and telling them to exercise. Reading instead of surfing the internet and telling them to read. Giving money away instead of shopping and telling them the importance of charity...

And an even trickier part is spending your money on what you value, so your kids can see it in action.

My kids are filling a box for my daughter to bring back to school for charity. LOVE that school!

The other day, May 6th to be precise, I asked my 5 year old what she thought we spend our money on. Here are her answers:

1. Charity (tzedakah in Hebrew)
2. Her School
3. Her Brother's School

So, I give us an A for conveying our values of giving to charity and education to our kids. Hooray!


Just for fun, here is where we actually spend our money:

1. Housing
2. Education
3. Charity
4. Food
5. Exercise, Recreation, etc. (gym, pool, skiing, biking...)

Not too shabby, given that we are trained as architects and our built environment is incredibly important to us:)

What would your priorities look like? Real life versus ideal? Or what would your kids think? Ask them and let me know!

Jessica

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Easy Hostess Gift

My dear friend Ellie (who can be seen in this post about my daughter's rainbow birthday party), recently invited us over for a kid-free dinner, yay!

She has lovely, eclectic taste, so I just popped a few flowers together in a rinsed-out can, and attached a small paper tag. So simple, and yet bright and colorful, and totally her:)

I wish I could say that I picked these from my garden, but my attempts at gardening just aren't that far along yet!

Jessica

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