Stuff It!

Hudson Mom, why did you buy a new trashcan?

Me …because the other one had super gross stuff in it I couldn’t really get out.

Hudson Daddy cleaned it out and now it’s the recycling can in the garage.

Me It’s handy isn’t it. And that’s one of the reasons I love Daddy!

Hudson No Mom, you didn’t need a recycling container. You have a blue one outside.

Hudson’s monologue begins.

Hudson You know you really shouldn’t buy new stuff when the old stuff is just fine. You just buy, buy, buy stuff when we don’t need it. You remind me of Stanley Stuff-It. You buy lots of stuff we don’t need and then you stuff it everywhere. You need to save our money. We need to have money so we can go to Legoland as a family and we can’t do that if you keep buying things and stuffing them everywhere. (Stanely Stuff-It was a book Hudson read in school).

Shock on my part ensued for his poignant delivery as well as sober tone. Clearly, I thought I was doing better than I really was. Lesson learned. Don’t let my kids read anymore!…Oh wait, I mean don’t buy things I don’t need so I can save for things like a house…and apparently Legoland tickets.

1 week later after Annie’s party.

Hudson Mom, you are so busted for wasting money again!

Me What? How so?

Hudson The red cake on the counter…

Me What about it? It is for Annie’s birthday on Tuesday. We wanted you to get cake too.

Hudson No Mom, you wasted money buying too much cake. It is getting wasted and no one is eating it.  Besides, I don’t feel like a piece of cake.

For the record, this little red cake had a diameter of 4 inches. This kid is serious about savings.