Yeeesh

Found out today that we'd incorrectly claimed our oldest child as a dependent when filing our tax forms this year. Yow. Big hit to the budget. Oh, man. A mystery, this: our kids get MORE costly as the years go by. Why does the tax credit end just as the truly expensive years begin? The money we spent getting Isaiah licensed to drive (necessary for him to get to the very snazzy full-time job he held last summer, and will hold this summer as well) alone....my cow.