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High aspirations

Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Firstborn: (after a long pause) I want to be God.
Me: (stifled mirth) Hmmmph.

Maybe going to Catholic school wasn't such a good idea for Firstborn after all.

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Anonymous said…
That is the best ever!!
12:26 am
Anonymous said…
As far as Firstborn is concerned, she is God, isn't she, albeit a pink fluffy goddess type of God.
3:02 pm
Anonymous said…
My two (born three and a half years apart) are planning to live "together, in the same town as Mima and Nanny" (my parents); they shall "fly airplanes and work as chefs", returning after work every day to a home filled with "all the toys in the world" and a kitchen stocked "only with candy", which they will consume while watching "all the videos in the world". Sounds good, eh? Sign me up!
5:00 pm
Anonymous said…
That sounds like a marvelous idea! Where do I sign up??
6:02 am
Emily said…
Firstborn might go off it when you explain you have to work seven days a week, 24 hours a day and never get Christmas off.
11:36 am
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