Hayley has paid for things before today. If she comes to the store with me, I usually give her the money to give to the cashier. If we order some food on occasion, I’ll let her pay the delivery guy and then show her how much to give for a tip. She’s also spent her own money before. She had gotten some money for her birthday and she used it to buy the Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Center (or whatever the heck it’s called).

However, she’s always had us there with her. Today, though, she had a Scholastic book fair at school and we sent $15 with her to pick out her own stuff which was a difference from sitting down with me at the table with a flyer to choose some to order.

I spoke briefly to the teacher after school (Breanna is crazy about her so at least once a week I have to take her to see the teacher or Breanna gets testy) and apparently there was a book with Hayley’s name in the title that she wanted but she was two bucks short, but she didn’t seem too disappointed and she was eager to show me what she got.

I was a little worried because I had read Heather’s entry about how there was an awful lot of non-book toys of a crappy nature, and I wondered if she’d picked some of those. I had decided to show her I was proud of how she had made her own choices and paid herself, but I was seriously hoping she hadn’t gotten some sort of junk.

I was pleased to find out she had picked out two My Little Pony books for five bucks each and she spent the remaining five on a little set that contained a few fancy pencils, some erasers, and a sticky note pad. I was really okay with the last purchase because although it wasn’t books, it wasn’t garbage either and it’s something she can use when we do her homework over this long weekend.

Having my daughter come home with things she bought all on her own (obviously with a bit of help, mind you) made me realize once again how big she’s getting.

It’s a long weekend because it’s the end of term; they got their report cards and Hayley did really well. They mentioned a few things she can work on together at home but pretty much everything was great in all sections (physical development, social, communication, understanding, etc.).

How is my first born baby big enough for book fairs and report cards?!