So, with my checking account, comes actual checks!

If you have never written a check before, and a lot of kids haven’t, it is really easy.

This is how I typically do it:

1. The simplest thing is to write the date on the date line first.
2. Then you have to fill in the line “To pay to the order of.” Sometimes that is a person, sometimes it is a business. I had to pay my Macy’s bill with a check, ouchie!!
3. Then you write in the dollar amount like this, $25.14. On the line underneath you have to write out the amount in “long hand.” That means you write “Twenty Five Dollars and 14/100.” I guess this is so the people with really bad writing have two shots at the bank being able to read the real amount! LOL.
4. The last thing is very important!! YOU HAVE TO SIGN YOUR CHECK!! Sounds like no biggie, but with all of the other writing you have already done at that point, it can be easy to skip over. Hahahaha. Does this all make sense??

I actually use checks a lot! Sometimes I even write my mom checks when I owe her money. I also write checks off my GTE Federal Credit Union U22 account when I need to pay my band. Sometimes when we play a gig they only write us one check, and they usually make the check out to me. So I deposit it and then pay the band their part of it. I just love writing checks. My mom says it is not nearly as thrilling when you are older. LOL. But for now, it makes me feel responsible. And maybe when I’m old it will still be fun because I had such a good start at it!!!