Andrew asked Becky if he could open his cat bank (what we would normally call a piggy bank, but its a cat) and count the money inside. The cat bank was given to him by my Aunt and Uncle for Christmas two years ago. 
Since the bank has a plastic plug on the bottom, pulling all the money out and then click and clanking it back into the bank is something he enjoys.
This time was a little different. Andrew started asking detailed questions about how much each coin was worth. Becky explained it all to him. She suggested he start by stacking the quarters into little stacks of four. As Andrew was starting his task of stacking all the quarters he explained the reason for the accounting to Becky.
Andrew stated that he remembers Mom and Dad and him and Tracy all going to Sam’s club to look around. Tracy saw this really cool princess dollhouse and asked for it. Mom and Dad told her that she could not have it and that it cost too much money anyway. Andrew had been thinking about it, and he was pretty sure that he had enough money in his cat bank to buy the dollhouse for Tracy and he wanted to count to make sure.
I am pretty sure that the cat bank is going to be short, but I think Andrew’s heart is going to make up for the difference.
