Last Friday I took my son to the bank to open his very first checking account, mainly because the bank was having a sign up bonus, but also because he’s old enough for one. Well, he’s old enough to start learning about them.
Anyways, that weekend he was on Amazon searching for a coffee pot to buy, coffee is his new thing, and found one with Alexa support that was within his price range. Even though his debit card hasn’t shown up yet he has his account hooked up to a different cash card, which is supposed to take the money from his bank account if there isnt enough on the cash card.
About 20 minutes after he placed his order we got an email that the payment was declined, the cash card didn’t do what it said it was supposed to do. So, he talked with his Papaw and asked if Papaw paid for it with his card could he get the money out of the bank to pay him back, which Papaw agreed to.
That resulted in us taking a trip to the bank on Monday for him to pull the money out of the bank to pay back Papaw. My son was so damn excited about doing all of this that he was bouncing on his toes the whole time and hitting his fists together, barely paying attention to what was being said. Just pure damn excitement all over his entire body. On top of that he had $4.75 in his little mo eh pouch he decided to put into his savings account.
He has been so on the ball with keeping an eye on his account and asking about responsible purchases before he makes them.
The other thing that made me proud this week is he has been cooking more and yesterday he made Firecracker Chicken (added a picture at the bottom), which he found the recipe himself and checked to see if we had the ingredients himself, and asked if we could take what he didn’t eat to group and share with the other kids in group.
The other moms even pointed out how much he has grown since day one until now. We are 9 weeks into group and he went from not speaking to anyone to asking if he could bring the chicken he made to share with the group!
The growth I am seeing in my son lately makes me so damn happy and I can’t wait to see what else he surprises me with!!
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