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Firstly, can I just say that my dad is the best!

There are so many times when he perfectly parents or grandparents and I am grateful to have him in our lives. He and my mom compliment one another so well as they head up our crazy family, each having different strengths and skills, they are such a support to us.

 In preparation for Disney World spending money the girls help take our bottles to the bottle depot.  They have to help empty the recycling container and bring it to the garage and then when we periodically make our trips to the bottle depot they do their best to help lift up the bags which results in them getting to keep the money we get back.  It is a little exercise that we hope helps them learn about money and work!  The weekend before we left I still hadn't taken the time to help them empty their piggy banks and count up their money, we had made our last trip and gotten wrappers for the coins but hadn't done the counting.  So it was absolutely wonderful when my dad offered to help when the girls reminded me again that we were only a few sleeps away from going. The money they saved enabled them to make purchases while in Disney :)

My dad is a big newpaper guy, he reads a lot so it is rather special to me that as I look back at these images they did their counting on a newspaper. Amelia has even suggested before that we save our flyers, "for Grandpa to read"!  

Yeah for Disney World and bottle money and learning things with your Grandpa! Great day!!!

~ Mrs. P