Careers

Me to Annie: What do you want to be when you get older?
Annie: Go to school. (She can't wait to go to Kindergarten.)
Me: Well what do you want to go to school to be?
Annie: Cinderella.
Me: You can't become a Cinderella at school.
Annie: Oh. What can I do?
Me: A doctor, lawyer, teacher, singer, dancer, astronomer.
Annie: I want to be a dancer.
Me: A dancer huh?!
Annie: Yeah I love to be a dancer. Jo Jo what do you want to do?
Me: Jo Jo what do you want to be when you get older?
Jo Jo: Ummmmmmm....
Me: You can be a lawyer, a doctor, teacher, musician, singer, dancer, police officer, fireman, zoologist.
Jo Jo & Annie: What is that?
Me: They work with animals.
Annie: I want to be that.
Me: That would mean that you will have to touch and be with animals all the time.
Annie: Oh.... I want to be a dancer.
Jo Jo: I want to be what Annie is.
Annie: I am going to be a dancer.
Jo Jo: Oh. I'm going to be a dancer too.

A little bit later, Jo Jo changed her career of choice to be a singer. All afternoon Jo Jo was singing made up songs and Annie was dancing to them.