6 Years of Saving!

The two oldest kids and I did a LOT of coin sorting. We have been collecting coins for that last 5 or 6 years in a water jug. We told the kids that this was going to be our vacation money. When the jug got full we would cash all the coins in and take them on a vacation. Well, the jug got full and we spent a good couple of hours sorting money.

First we dumped some change into these small plates. My son was in charge of taking all the pennies out of his plate while my daughter and I sorted what was on our plates AND what was left over in brother’s plate.

This was our sorting system.

When the cup got full, the coins were emptied into these sandwich bags.

We did find a few “treasures” while sorting out the coins.

Oh, just in case you were wondering how big the jug is. Here it is.

And so…..we cashed in our savings and this little jug was holding about $284 in change!!

CHA CHING!

So we will be taking the kids to California for a few days in October. They are so excited.