Canadian Coins, Take One

DAILY SNACK

Young C emptied out his piggy bank and was filling it back up again.

Right in front of his 10-month-old sister, of course,

Who was going crazy because she wanted to ingest the money.

“Oh look, Mommy,” C said, “It’s my favourite because it has a ship on it.”

“That’s a dime. It’s worth ten cents.”

I scooped up Reenie to put her down for her morning nap.

“And this one has a beaver!”

“That’s a nickle. It’s worth five cents.”

I was all the way down the hall when I heard,

“And this one has the tooth fairy!”