Aspirations

As parents we always push our kids to do their best, but also to be happy. Recent conversations with my kids have revealed some of their aspirations....

As Marissah and I argued over her doing the dishes incorrectly a few weeks ago, I asked her who she thought was going to be doing them for her when she grew up. Without missing a beat she told me her husband would do dishes. After I fell on the floor laughing and informed her of how things really are, she informed me her friends will come over and do the dishes for her. Everyone, write a note to yourselves now: If Marissah invites you over anytime after she's graduated from high school it's a safe bet she's planning to put you to work.

For quite a while now Micah has insisted he's never getting married. Not only does he not want to kiss girls, he doesn't want any kids because he doesn't want anyone "bugging" him by talking to him. (The fact that he recognizes that kids do this and yet he continues to do it to his parents is pretty telling, don't you think?) Just last week he told me he's changed his mind and he will get married and have two kids (no more, no less). He told me he decided he'd have kids because "I will be able to command them to do things for me." He also plans to get a tattoo when he grows up. "I love frogs" in orange ink. Yikes.

Who knows where Aaron will end up. When I asked him what he's going to be when he grows up all he could come up with was "an Incredible." Hey, can't dream much bigger than to be a super hero, can you? I hope to God he actually means he wants to be an Incredible and not just continue to play the video game, day in and day out, for the rest of his life......