The description as reported to the teacher says: "At work my mom is a lawyer. She tells people what to do." I have a feeling my colleagues would have a good laugh if they saw this picture, because that does not feel like what we do. But notice the smile on that lady's face! She looks like she whistles to work every day. If only all lawyering were so much fun. When AJ asks what I do, I tell him that my job is to tell people the rules, and if I have to stay late at work, I explain to him that someone broke the rules and I needed to help them figure out how to fix their mistake. AJ is in that developmental phase where he loves to figure out the rules and tell people what to do. I think that is why he has drawn me so happy, because he would love to have a job one day where he gets paid to tell people the rules.
Bankers did not do so well in this little virtual bring-your-parent-to-school day. Here is Joe at work with a big frowny face. The caption says "At work my dad goes downtown and he sits and stares at the computer." Yowza. This looks like a banker circa 2008-2009 when the Great Recession first hit. Since seeing this, I have been trying to explain to AJ a little more about what Joe does. I try to summarize it as daddy helps people figure out how to spend their money and how to make it into more money. AJ and Davey both love getting their allowance, stuffing it in Julia's piggy bank and counting it over and over before blowing it at Target on Legos every chance they get, so AJ liked this idea about making money.
When we ask AJ what he wants to do, he says he wants to be a scientist who studies outer space, and then later, when he is 81 or 86 and is no longer afraid, he will become an astronaut and walk on the moon or maybe Mars. I think he would make a great scientist and tell him that is a very good plan.
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