When I Grow Up I Want To Be…
Each year before the kids go off to their first day of school, we take the same picture of them out front of the house, as parents do. We ask them what they think they want to be when they grow up and we write it on the sign and snap the picture. The first couple years we got the standard responses of policewoman, doctor or firefighter, which are excellent choices by the way, but we noticed this past year that the kids are really starting to give the question some thought.
Instead of doctor, our daughter has narrowed down her field of choice to veterinarian, which, judging by the way she takes care of her stuffed animals, is an excellent choice. My son, on the other hand, has bounced between policeman and firefighter the last couple years but this year he too narrowed his choice down to working in forensics, just like daddy, as he put it.
While I realize there is a very good chance that my children will not work in these fields, I’m excited that they are already thinking about what it is they would like to do in the future. I spent a lot of time focusing on sports as a kid and then flaked out in high school, despite my parents encouragement to strive for more. So as I sit here still wondering what I want to do with the rest of my life, I’m hopeful that my kids will continue to dream big and not let anything get in their way. At their young ages there is truly nothing they can’t accomplish and I can’t wait to see what they do with their lives.
I mean, who knows, my daughter might still change her mind back to skateboarding princess, which would be absolutely rad! Plus, if she ever stumbles for career ideas, she can look no further than the Barbie collection she plays with almost every single day. Fun fact: Barbie has had over 155 different careers in her lifetime and although that makes her sound like a terrible employee, I can assure you it’s just because she never ever ages…
Giveaway
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post, however I do think skateboard princess is the coolest job you could ever hope for!
My grandson wants to be a computer programmer.
Thanks what Christmas Spirit!
Oldest wanted to be a movie star, youngest wanted to be a singer.
My niece wants to be a doctor.
My son wants to be a pilot
my granddaughter wants to be a dentist 🙂
My granddaughter also want to be a vet.
My daughter wants to be a chef 🙂
My girls want to be a police officer, an two if them teachers.
My son is two and wants to be a cowboy
My daughter wants to be a dog walker or an astronaut. Don’t see how they are related but its her ambition right now!
my daughter want to be an artist and my son want to be rich
My son wants to be a cook
My granddaughter wants to be a dentist.
My daughter wants to be a Veterinarian
my grandaughter wants to be a marine biologist!
An artist!
A nurse
My little cousin wants to be a doctor.
teacher, super hero, and singer
My kids wants to be a dinosaur (yes the extinct animal), a vet and a teacher.
my niece wants to be a mommy… and a Queen!
My daughter says she wants to be a pilot. Sweet!
My daughter says she wants to be a teacher
my daughter wants to be a nurse
She wants to run a farm.
My 3 year old grand daughter says she wants to be “Dr Bester”! He’s her favorite doctor. lol
My daughter wants to be a part time artist, dancer and on weekends work with dad as architect! 🙂
An actress!
Would love to win this for my nieces
My daughter wants to be a teacher!
A fireman
My niece says she wants to be Minnie Mouse 🙂 (She’s 3-1/2!)
Mine want to be a scientist and a vet.
my daughter is a little over three and has problem with communicating but from what I see she wants to play the piano 🙂
my daughter wants to be a tooth fairy!
AN ARTIST
My daughter wants to be bigger
doctor!
Right now it is a vet.
right now she wants to be a doctor !
A princess of course.
PARA-MEDIC
A veterinarian
LOL I asked my granddaughter what she wanted to be when she grows up………..her own boss!
After a visit to the Royal Tyrell Museum, my daughter wants to be a palaeontologist. She cannot pronounce it right but just tells us she wants to work with dinosaurs.
my granddaughter wants to be a enginer
My daughter wants to be a Dentist.
My little granddaughter wants to be a princess. :o)
I love asking the kids what they want to be when they grow up.
Senior Kindergarten my daughter wanted to be a bird…yes, that is what she wrote down. Four years later and she is still talking like that. She’s definitely the creative/artsy type. I predict she’ll be employed in the arts.
My little guy was in SK last year and he wanted to be a snow plow driver and a hockey player…he likes winter. My prediction: he will have some sort of physically demanding job AND play beer league hockey at night.
my son wants to be a video game creator
My daughter wants to be a vet and my son a fireman!
For a long time he wanted to be a baseball player, then pizza delivery guy and now business man.
my son wants to be a train operator
my daughter wants to be a doctor and my son a teacher
my daughter wants to be a teacher, or maybe a rock star LOL
I got a princess from my 3 year old and a Policeman from the 5 year old
my children are grown, but there is a very special little girl i know who loves Barbie… a client of my daughters .. my daughter is a Developmental Social Worker. The girl needs 24 hour care.. so she has many people who care for her. She is sweet as a button, would luv for Santa to bring her a new barbie doll.
My daughter wanted to be a Barbie. She also would like to to me a vet,a mommy,doctor and a teacher
My Grandson want to win a scholarship to play football and then be in the NFL.
my son is grown up and still doesn’t know lol
so far she has told me a vet, singer, dancer, artist
bumble bee
A doctor
She wants to be a fireman!
A ballerina!
My daughter wants to be a veterinarian
My daughter said fashion designer!
A movie star!
My girl wants to be a mermaid when she grows up!
She says a monkey…..but that may change.
leader of the world named poop wave. im not lying.
My nephew wanted to be a policeman.
make up person
My daughter wants to be a Veterinarian
My 4 year old son wants to be a Ninja Turtle, and my 8 year old daughter would like to be a dance teacher.
My son wants to be a firefighter!
this constantly changes, from astronaut, vet, doctor, teacher, fire fighter. i guess we will see one day.
A teacher
my daughter wants to be a fashion designer
My kids want to be professional sports player, doctor, work over seas digging wells, missionaries. The list goes on and on.
Teacher
At almost 12, she wants to be a lawyer now “because I like to talk” 🙂
My son says Firefighter/daughter says teacher
I’ve asked my niece and she says she’d like to be Elsa when she grows up.
His answer is always the same: firefighter!
My oldest daughter wants to be a teacher and a professional dancer, like the ones on Dancing With The Stars. My youngest daughter wants to work with animals.
my daughter wants to be a teacher
drive a train
My eldest daughter wants to be a doctor, my son wants to build stuff and my 2 year old daughter doesn’t get it lol
My daughter wants to be a vet!
Police woman