William lost his first tooth on Boxing Day and was mostly concerned whether he would have another £1 from the tooth fairy to add to his stash of money received from various relatives over Christmas. That and how quickly he could get his next tooth to wobble and fall out to boost the coffers further.
I have said the children can spend £5 of their money and the £2 they each ‘found’ in the Christmas pudding but the rest they have to put into their savings account. Because I am mean like that. We already have a rule that they save their pocket money throughout December partly because they are likely to get lots of toys at Christmas, partly so that they can see what it is like to have some money saved (a concept that has eluded them since we started pocket money since it gets spent every single week) but mostly so that they don’t go out and buy something that I have bought them for Christmas. Because, contrary to what my older boys think, my world most definitely does not revolve around waiting until Christmas Eve to buy their presents.
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