I thought I would share some snippets of conversations that I’ve had with a few of the boys in recent days about what they want to be when they grow up:

Ri: ” I want to fly a plane – no, a jet – and it’s gonna have fire-flames on it. And it’ll go ‘zooooom!'”

Ry: “Well, I’m not gonna have a jet. I’ll have a – What is it when you fly into space? – [My response: “A rocketship?”] – Yeah, a rocket, and I’m gonna fly to Mercury. [My response: “I hope it’s a really thick rocket, b/c Mercury is REALLY hot!”]

Ri: “I don’t want to marry when I grow up.”

Ry: “I do want to marry when I grow up. My mommy [his wife] and I will live in California, and you’ll have to fly on a plane to visit me, Mommy, cuz I’ll be far away.”

A: “I’m going to be a chocolate scientist and live in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I’m going to discover new flavors of chocolate. I’m going to build a house totally out of Legos and all the furniture and everything will be made out of Legos.”