Kate at morning

Got up with Kate this morning to give her breakfast. She was kind of chatty as we sat in the kitchen, me drinking coffee and her eating cereal.

"When I grow up, I'm going to put that chair like that." (Indicating my chair, which I was sitting on at a slight angle.)

"And when I grow up, I'm going to drive to work and Mommy's going to sit next to me."

"What is Jack going to be when he grows up? Oh! He's going to be a scientist. I wish I could be a scientist." You can, I said. "But I don't want to me, I'm going to be a Mommy when I grow up." You can be both, I said. "Oh! I know what I'm going to be. A mermaid!"

(Looking at me writing all this down as she spoke.) "That's a lot of words, Daddy."