Kate's friend (also 7) responded enthusiastically. "I'll be taking care of horses and running a horse farm!" she announced.
"Driving!" her other friend yelled.
I turned to Kate. "What will you be doing?"
Without skipping a beat, Kate informed me that she would be:
Wow. Way to dream big.
Then, one night at dinner we were talking about jobs. And I said, "What do you girls want to do when you grow up?"
Kate still had her eye on an ambitious goal.
Now if that doesn't scream "ACCOMPLISHMENT!" I don't know what does.
Imagine the victory she will savor when she finally (finally!) realizes her dream.
Sigh.
Thankfully, Claire chimed in with something quasi-normal. She happily announced that she wanted to be:
I could picture the scene.
Of course, Claire cheats wildly at every game right now. And if she doesn't win, watch out. Hopefully she won't still be doing this in her 80s. But I guess when you're old, you can get away with more - so she'll probably be just fine either way. 