While driving home from religion class with Ethan and Owen last night, I was smacked in the face with the fact that Kimberly and I have utterly failed at parenting in our first 8 years:
Somehow we quickly migrated from talking about Jesus and the church seasons to Owen declaring that he wants to be an Evil Scientist when he grows up. He already has particular goals, namely that he wants to be more evil than Dr. Doofenschmirtz (of Phineas and Ferb fame)!
This conversation continued with the boys discussing the evil things that Dr. Doofenschmirtz invents. Then Ethan commented that he wants to be an inventor. Thus far, his greatest idea (in his opinion) is a special perfume that can be sprayed on that will prevent you from having to ever take a shower or bath. He's just too young to know that this already exists and is used frequently by lots of people in Champaign-Urbana: Pachouli Oil!
I felt somewhat relieved when Owen later decided he wanted to be a paleontologist (thanks They Might Be Giants):
Next thing you know, one of the boys will want to be a professional athlete in some popular American sport (ie. not cycling).
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That Paleontologist video is awesome. Will just informed me that he also wants to be a paleontologist; he is less keen after I told him it would likely require 8-ish years of graduate school. But still, it is a better career choice than anthropology!
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