2.09.2008

when i grow up

the other day, as soon as i got out of the shower, joshua came running upstairs to tell me something. he gets this big happy kind-of-shy smile, and looks like he's going to burst from holding all this excitement in.
"mom, do you know what i want to be when i grow up?"
"um...a surfer?"
this was not mother telepathy, this was a result of the fact that joshua was playing his "surfing songs"--beach boys--downstairs at full blast.
"YEAH! a surfer!...and an astronaut."
we had just gone to the planetarium on saturday, and talked all about space shuttles and rocket ships and walking on the moon.
"mom...how did you know that?"
"i don't know bud..."

later he called his dad to tell him his life-changing news:
"dad, i want to be a surfer and an astronaut when i grow up!
but not a real astronaut...
i mean, like for halloween.
but when i'm big i want to go surfing for real."

5 comments:

Tolly & Lennon said...

He may tap into that all too common surfing-astronaut niche that has become extremely popular this year...

How cute!

Anonymous said...

very cute! I am glad that you shared that with all of us. What a sweetie.

Unknown said...

So cute Janell! I just found your blog. Do you mind me popping in a few times now and then?
-Leslie Wilson

Unknown said...

that is so cute!! Ellie wants to be a doctor for sick babies and a fruit picker (one day, she and grandpa picked all the persimmons of the tree and she thought that was so great!!)

~Carly

Christi said...

I want to make sure that you knew: Just a quick note to my fellow BYU 172nd ward members that there is a reunion at my house on Saturday March 15 at 5:00. My address is 1555 S 30 E in Payson, hope to see you all there!!!