this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

Last week was the book fair at my son's school. Certainly not the most inexpensive place to purchase books, but my son was sure excited. He had big plans to spend his own money. His decision making process surprised me - in the past he's been so careful about his purchases to the point where he's decided not to purchase anything actually. At the book fair, he was pretty much picking up the first thing that caught his eye and wanting to buy it. Sometimes it's hard to let him make his own decisions with his money, but overall he did a great job. Here are a few other things that made an impression on me:

When you're five, apparently you can judge a book by a cover because that's clearly what he was doing.

He was looking at two books when I reminded him that I was going to buy him one soft cover book with my money. He asked how much each one cost and then promptly handed me the more expensive one for me to buy. Smart boy.

I had him pick a book to give to his teacher for his classroom. He chose to pay for this book with his own money even though he didn't have to. I wish I had that same spirit of giving.