Aussie Tooth Fairy

Here's another post that I should have done ages ago. I think these are from August. Thomas lost some teeth, and like he's always done, he decorated the envelope that he puts his tooth in. He always does a good job-- but I loved this one. At first he put on there that he wanted 50 $2, but when I told him how much that was, he changed it to 6 50 cents. Funny kid.

Here's pictures from two teeth that he lost.








When I was putting these pictures together, I thought maybe I'd write about Australian money.

Their bills are plastic, and they come in 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Anything above that my poor eyes haven't seen. You can tell in the pictures that there's a see-through area on them. One thing I think is smart is that their bills are different sizes and colors. One time I was exchanging some money at the bank here and the teller asked me how visually impaired people could tell the difference between our notes. Before that I never even thought about it.

Their coins come in 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, one dollar, and two dollar. Not a smart idea. So many coins! The wallets are made different here to accomodate all the coins. It's just a pain to always have so many coins. AND! What's their problem with pennies??? Oh, and they don't have names like nickel or dime-- they just call them 5 cent or 10 cent pieces. Bor-ing.

Okay, I'll let you all know how stupid I am. I knew that they didn't have pennies, so I was confused in the stores when I saw so many prices ending with cents other than 5 or 0. I didn't know that they just total everything together and then round up or down. So there you go: Allison the dunce.