When I grow up.

Parents are all alike when it comes to the future of their kids, we all have big dreams and aspirations for them, and I often talk to my kids about what they would like to be when they grow up.

My thoughts however, are not so much in terms of doctor, lawyer, engineer, that our parents must have imagined for us, but more like defining a plan for peace in the Middle East, or being able to eliminate poverty and world hunger. You know… just small things…

The eldest one often tells me that he wants to be a doctor; I think the reason (like many kids) is because he wants to help people, but then again he also wants to be the bad guy from The Incredibles because he wants to wear a cape! The eldest one also declared that his brother (the 2 year old) will be an Animal Rescuer, and that the baby would be a fireman!

My 4 year old loves to talk, loves to have discussions, loves to make plans and deals, he is very creative, and being the eldest, he is quite a good bully leader, so my husband and I are thinking that he would make a good community leader, or leader of a grassroots group that succeeds in ending world hunger… or something like that…

My 2 year old is quite curious about everything, he will take everything apart, and then put it back together, he loves his blocks, he loves his books, so my husband (being an engineer) thinks that he has the mind of an engineer, but I think that he can be a scholar, discovering something about the world that we didn’t figure out yet!

Of course no matter how smart you think your kids are, sometimes you just have to wonder… My almost 4 year old said to me “When I grow up, I would like to be a truck!” Yes, not a truck-driver, but an actual truck! And the toddler informed me that he is thinking of being Hi-5 (yes, the TV show)...

At least I still have hope with the baby…