I’ve been having Kathrynne, our three-year-old, help with clipping coupons in the last few months and she’s getting quite adept at it. There’s only one problem: she thinks so long as we have a coupon for something, we can buy it. So as she’s cutting out the coupons, she’ll excitedly point to the granola bar coupon she’s clipping and exclaim, "Yesss!! We get to buy granola bars this week!"
Last week, she snagged the grocery sale fliers before I had a chance to see them. I found her in the kitchen studiously pouring over them (Hmm, I wonder where she learned to do that from?) and when she saw me she let out a little whoop and holler, "M&M are on a good deal this week, Mommy!"
Sure enough, they were advertised in the flier and in her mind that meant that of course we could then buy them. I’m glad she’s learning all about looking for sales in the flier and clipping coupons, but I’m afraid she has a little ways to go in learning what constitutes a "good deal". Oh well, she’s only three so hopefully she’ll get the hang of it eventually!
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There’s just something charming about little homemakers-in-the-making. Tell Kathryn she has another soul-mate up north; our 3-year-old is forever collecting the coupons I discard, snipping here and there, looking for good deals… I’ll be sure to tell her to keep an eye open for Kathryn’s possible “money saving mom-to-be” posts in the future.
I think we’re raising some future coupon queens in our house too. Just the other day as we were driving past Walgreens, my two year old points to it and shouts out, “There it is! Shopping! Let’s go shopping!” lol
I also happen to have a 10 month old daughter who loves to eat my coupons. lol
I loved all these stories.
I recently moved my coupons from a small expandable folder thingy to a 3-ring binder. My daughter, 4, found the old folder and said “oh no, where’d the your coupons go? Why did you take them all out?”
How great for you! My 4 yo nephew loves to help grandma and Aunt Ashley cut coupons. He sits on my lap with his little safety scissors and I point out which ones I want. He hasn’t made the connection yet between the little colored pictures and grocery shopping yet! I don’t get to see him too often, but every time I pull out one of those crooked little rectangles, I think of him. I hope he’ll have fond memories of helping grandma and his aunt cut coupons, just like I do. Yay for coupons and family time!
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