Loosening the apron strings

Our soccer kid turned 16 last week and just found out today that she's been accepted into a full-time modestly paid summer internship program. And our college kid has accepted a co-op position so he will be working full-time all summer and fall. This is one of those days that I feel time slipping by much too fast. These kids are growing up at warp speed!

This also means that we're going to need a third car; the hub and I can car-pool for the summer, but the kids will each need a car since their jobs will require working at multiple locations. So, back to my household finances excel file and time to think hard about how to budget for this. Especially the insurance - adding another teenager to our auto insurance is going to be kind of frightening!