Jobs, Probably

Last night as we were reading bedtime stories, Anna and I got off on a tangent about what happens when you grow up. We were reading a book wherein you say goodnight to all the baby animals and I was curious if Anna knew what a kitten or puppy or bunny becomes when they "grew up". Her answer: "They probably get a job or something maybe."

I almost died laughing (on the inside of course). It will never cease to amaze me how perceptive 2-year-olds can be. After explaining that puppies grow up to be dogs and kittens become cats (a fact Anna doubts because she can't fathom Tope ever having been a kitten–her exact words were, "Mama you just being silly. Tope is never a baby cat."), I asked Anna what she would be when she grows up. A mere seven months ago her goal was to be stinky. Last month she expanded on that and said she wanted to be a trash truck (this was said while she was watching the trash cans be emptied one morning…but she stuck with it for a week or so).

Her response last night was, "I think I'll go to work like mommy. Probably it will be fun on the computer."

Then she thought for a minute and added, "But I'll work in the hotel like daddy. And I'll probably have surprises maybe. Like popsicles probably. It will be fun or something.". (Why does Jason's job seem more fun?!?)

As you might be able to tell, Anna is currently testing the words "probably", "something", and "maybe", and everything is "fun". Her vocabulary cracks me up – and surprises me on a daily basis. While on vacation she overheard someone say "dude" and will now drop it in to a conversation along with the occasional "awesome".

Anyways, I told her that if she can find a job where popsicles are a perk she should take it.

For me this exchange was further proof that you can't stop them from growing up.

Hi Mickey! Hi Minnie!

Many more pictures to come from our trip, but wanted to share this video – as you can see Anna was thrilled to meet the characters. No scaredy cat here!

Ready for Mickey

And, we're off!

100 Miles to Go

Mr. Sandman - 1

Anna - 0

(yes, we did have an outfit change at our bathroom break)

Road Trip!

When I woke Anna up this morning at the awful hour of 5:45 she eagerly jumped up and proclaimed, "It's MY turn to go to Mickey's house now?!?"

After several weeks of her asking, I finally got to say yes (I need to learn that trick my friends have of not telling their kids about any upcoming events so the incessant questions stop). But, in this case I think it's been good to build the excitement. We're ultimately headed for Sanibel Island in Florida and are making Orlando our midway stop. We'll only be at Disney for one day - and then we head to the (hopefully oil free) beach! I'm not quite sure how Anna will react to the characters. Fingers crossed that her less than lukewarm response to Santa this year won't be the indicator.

So now we're on our way. We're all enjoying the trip so far (after an immediate stop at Starbucks the trip for Jason and I got infinitely better). Anna was psyched because we let her get chocolate milk instead of her regular plain old white. Hey, it's vacation, right?

I do sense that the novelty of the roadtrip is starting to wear off for Anna. We've gone through several books, iPhone games, and stickers. Now we're onto watching Finding Nemo. Halfway there...