What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
This is a question that every parent will ask their children at one point in their lives. For a while my son would say that he wanted to be an Egyptologist. Then he switched it and would answer with a question of his own “What makes a lot of money?” I’m not really sure where he got that one from; he likes his “stuff” and he knows that money gets you stuff so maybe that is it. Lately this question has resulted in the answer “I want to work with daddy.” Sounds good, daddy is a networkengineer and Alexander has a love of computers.
The other day while driving home from school we had the conversation again. He said “I’ll go to work with daddy. Then we can take lunch breaks together…and potty breaks together…and evening breaks together, you gotta go home right?” I just started giggling - too darned cute. I called my husband and told him to prepare for potty breaks at work with Alexander in about 15 years. The thing is, Alexander has this amazing memory. Neither my husband or I would be surprised if in fifteen years, at the age of 21, Alexander proudly exclaims to us that he’s ready to go work with daddy hehe.
Gotta love kids!
