Checks and balances

While shopping with her Daddy at Williams for paint samples for her new room:

E: Daddy look!!!! SKITTLES!!! Can we buy them?
D: Do you have any money Em?
E: No but you can buy them for me
D: Are you going to pay me back?
E: yeah I'll pay you back
D: How are you going to do that?
E: I'll write you a check.