How to Feel Rich

The twins were taken to the bank yesterday to open checking accounts and get debit cards. This is the final step of tradition for our family at your 8th grade graduation, and they were so excited! The process starts with a photo ID at the Missouri Dept. of Transportation, plus memorization of your Social Security number, and lastly the deposit of graduation money into a new account. While we wait for their debit cards to arrive in the mail, they have been looking at check designs online and are leaning toward the American flag or Boy Scout styles. They are feeling very adult-like (which means ready for high school in my mind but something even more exalted in their teenager minds). Fun!