who knew?
The church's harvest party was in a few days. Instead of trick-or-treating, we would go to the church and play games, dress up, get candy. At first I was excited. All of that sounds like a great time to a 5 year old. However, then they said they wanted us to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up. I hadn't given that much thought in my 5 years of life...
So Mom sat Leanne (my older sister) and myself down to talk about what we'd like to dress up as. I explained how I really didn't know, I hadn't really thought of jobs that I'd like when I was all grown up. So mom started listing off jobs... Teacher, Nurse, Doctor, Mailman, Barber, Lawyer.... trying to cover all the big ones. Leanne remembered Mom was a nurse and we both wanted to be JUST like Mom, so she dibsed the "Nurse" job.
Mom said that was a good choice, it was a good job because you got to help so many people. Leanne smiled. Mom also said she had her old nurse uniform so Leanne could use that for her costume. This got me excited, because Leanne looked so good all dressed up in her nurse outfit. I couldn't wait for my turn!
But none of the other options fit. I was taking this whole thing very seriously. Mom tried to explain to me that I didn't have to be what I dressed up as, that I just needed to pick a job I thought would be fun.
This helped a little. But I still felt like I was going to be committed to whatever I picked. Mom saw the concern on my face and asked me what sort of things I liked.
I said I liked people. And babies. I liked helping. I was trying to describe a nurse so she would just let us both be nurses. But instead she said "It sounds like you'd be a great mommy."
I sighed at her. I explained that sure, that would be good, but I needed to find a real job to dress up as. Mom smiled and said "That's my real job right now. I was a nurse, but now I am a mommy!" And then it clicked. We went to the dress up bin and found my red dress-up dress. Mom pulled out a pair of old high heels and some beads. I grabbed my cabbage patch dolls and found a white purse that matched the white tiny polka-dots on my dress. And then she let us pick a shade of lipstick, because everyone knows grownups wear lipstick... we both grabbed the darkest shade we could find.
We were set.
That night at the party, everyone knew what Leanne was, her outfit was perfect. I was so proud of her. I remember thinking "Yup, that's my big sister. Her costume is better than yours." (so competitive) But when they turned to me they had no idea. This bummed me out initially, but Mom smiled at me and I would smile back and say, "I'm a mommy. And a Mommy is a real job."
So Mom sat Leanne (my older sister) and myself down to talk about what we'd like to dress up as. I explained how I really didn't know, I hadn't really thought of jobs that I'd like when I was all grown up. So mom started listing off jobs... Teacher, Nurse, Doctor, Mailman, Barber, Lawyer.... trying to cover all the big ones. Leanne remembered Mom was a nurse and we both wanted to be JUST like Mom, so she dibsed the "Nurse" job.
Mom said that was a good choice, it was a good job because you got to help so many people. Leanne smiled. Mom also said she had her old nurse uniform so Leanne could use that for her costume. This got me excited, because Leanne looked so good all dressed up in her nurse outfit. I couldn't wait for my turn!
But none of the other options fit. I was taking this whole thing very seriously. Mom tried to explain to me that I didn't have to be what I dressed up as, that I just needed to pick a job I thought would be fun.
This helped a little. But I still felt like I was going to be committed to whatever I picked. Mom saw the concern on my face and asked me what sort of things I liked.
I said I liked people. And babies. I liked helping. I was trying to describe a nurse so she would just let us both be nurses. But instead she said "It sounds like you'd be a great mommy."
I sighed at her. I explained that sure, that would be good, but I needed to find a real job to dress up as. Mom smiled and said "That's my real job right now. I was a nurse, but now I am a mommy!" And then it clicked. We went to the dress up bin and found my red dress-up dress. Mom pulled out a pair of old high heels and some beads. I grabbed my cabbage patch dolls and found a white purse that matched the white tiny polka-dots on my dress. And then she let us pick a shade of lipstick, because everyone knows grownups wear lipstick... we both grabbed the darkest shade we could find.
We were set.
That night at the party, everyone knew what Leanne was, her outfit was perfect. I was so proud of her. I remember thinking "Yup, that's my big sister. Her costume is better than yours." (so competitive) But when they turned to me they had no idea. This bummed me out initially, but Mom smiled at me and I would smile back and say, "I'm a mommy. And a Mommy is a real job."
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