Seth was looking at a friend's car last night which had broken down in the parking lot of Jeremiah's (local restaurant). So the girls and I decided to grab some dinner (turkey avocado sandwich on whole wheat was pretty tasty) while we waited.
During dinner, Sadie told me she had another job to add to the list of things she might like to do when she grows up. Always intrigued by her choices, I asked, "What is it?" Imagine my disappointment when "photographer" no longer made the list!! Instead, the list was as follows, "Librarian, artist, lawyer." Librarian and artist have been on her mind for a very long time (mom is always the top of the list...it is a given).
Librarian because she is OBSESSED with books to the point that the most severe form of punishment for Sadie is to take her reading privileges away. She's like a junkie, always looking for the next opportunity to read. If I had to name the top thing that we have to discipline Sadie for, it is definitely for giving me attitude because I've told her she has to do something other than read. I realize there are far worse problems we could have, so I'll try not to complain, but her love of reading can be both a blessing and a curse.
Artist because she is already surprisingly adept at drawing/creating. I can't even draw a respectable stick figure, so I'm amazed at Sadie's ability to draw. There are stacks of pictures that Sadie and Avery have drawn, colored, painted, etc. They love to give their creations to friends and family, and I am often asked for stamps so they can mail them off to someone they had in mind when they made a particular picture. Sometimes there are creative additions...Avery recently glued an almond to a picture she made for daddy. So yes, I suppose I can see "artist" in Sadie's future.
But, lawyer? I wasn't quite sure where that came from. We've discussed what a lawyer is, but not recently. Seth has some inherent lawyer qualities, so I suppose Sadie could have inherited it from him. :)
So I of course had to ask where she got the idea of being a lawyer. And I guess it should come as no surprise that it was from a book. Evidently, Nancy Drew's father is a lawyer. There you have it, perhaps years down the road we can remember the birth of Sadie's career as a lawyer and credit Nancy Drew's father.
When we discussed what type of lawyer she might be, she seemed to get most excited about the prospect of helping children that have been hurt or abused. I must say that there was a sigh of relief that she doesn't like the idea of defending criminals. :)

