What I want to be

Gavin and I were doing his homework last week and the theme for part of it was occupations. We had some funny conversations about what jobs our neighbors had, there is a lot of diversity in the people we know and the ones that he knew right away were not who I would have expected. He was also amazed to find out what it meant to volunteer. I guess he didn't realize that people get paid to do just about anything. The best part was when I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up-

G- "No one has asked me that. I better think about it."
Me- "Well, you can be anything you want. Is there something you want to do?"
G- "I know. I want to be in the Olympics."
Me- "Cool, So you want to be an athlete?"
G- "What's an athlete?"
Me- "Someone whose job is to play a sport."
G- "No. I want to be in the Olympics, so that when one of the athletes get hurt, I am the guy that goes to help them and tells them what to do to play better in their sport."
Me- "Hmm, So you want to be a Sports Trainer? You have to learn about how the body works like doctors do and also how different sports are played."
G- "Yeah, that's exactly what I want to do. I'll be a Sports Trainer."

I was pretty surprised that he had ever noticed the trainers that help the injured athletes, but apparently that stuck with him. I guess we'll see how that pans out.:-) Sometimes my conversations with my kids just amaze me.