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One of the things Mrs. Mincy does with the Jr Church kids that I really like is personalized questions. It gives the kids a chance to talk (which they all love), and it also gives you a small glimpse into their personalities. Sometimes she'll ask their favorite color, or their favorite food, or animal, and so on. But today, she asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. The kids actually had a wide variety of answers (sometimes they all say similar things), but here's my favorites:
  • a caterpillar
  • a power ranger
  • a gymnastics teacher

I guess I think the last one is cool because I was totally fascinated with Mary Lou Retton as a child. I wanted to be a gymnast (never mind the fact that I was terrified of heights, had to hold my glasses in place just to turn a flip, and was petrified of wearing either shorts or a swimsuit in front of other people). After Mary Lou won her gold medal, gymnastic classes started popping up everywhere, and the Sears catalogue started carrying a whole line of gymnastic outfits for little girls (for which I could never convince my mother I needed). Yet all the times I dreamed of being famous like Mary Lou just for running and jumping and prancing around, it never once crossed my mind that people could have jobs teaching stuff like that. Maybe all their ingenuity will rub off on me a little bit.

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Jennifer said…
I know who the power ranger is!! I wanted to be like Mary Lou too! I wanted my hair like hers and everything
April 21, 2008 at 6:04 AM
Lydia said…
Was it Kimberly that said that? We are finishing up her first year of gymnastics and she has a recital coming up. In order to help her get over stage fright, I've encouraged her to watch the gymnastics tryouts for the Olympics. Who wouldn't want to be a gymnast after watching that? It's MY VERY FAVORITE Olympics sports. ...and I can't even turn a cartwheel, or a back flip, or a somersault...actually, I have trouble balancing on both my feet.
April 21, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Monica said…
Y'all guessed correctly!
April 21, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Lydia said…
Who wanted to be the caterpillar? That's too cute:)
April 21, 2008 at 3:25 PM
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