With every passing year I find that our budget seems to become more stretched during the summer months. When the kids were little, I was able to find LOTS of free or low cost activities, but as they have become older, their activities have become much more expensive. Although we love helping our children enjoy their summer, there is only so much we can do financially, so we encourage our children to get a job if they want to have more spending money. Our youngest recently started their first job, so we currently have all 6 of us working. Needless to say, it has already been a very busy summer but, with all our kids having their own jobs, they have their own spending money for wants, which definitely takes some pressure off us.
As I am driving more, I make sure that I do whatever little errand that needs to be completed around work pick-ups and drop-offs. (we live too far away for those not driving to walk or bike to work and way to dangerous).
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