Simmons Party of 7: Share your Dreams

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Share your Dreams

I was wondering what people dreamed about when they were kids. I was also wondering if you reached those goals or if they have changed over time. When I was a little girl I always wanted to be the first woman president of the United States. I am still not old enough to do that, but my life has not taken a political path, so we'll see on that one. I have others too, but I want to know if anyone else has any they want to share. (Maybe I don't want to be the only person that didn't achieve her dreams, but I also want to applaud those who have.)

4 comments:

Crudele Family said...: I didn’t have “hopes and dreams” in the sense of attainable goals or accomplishments. I have always wanted to be a Mom. That is my greatest blessing. When I was younger I did have some “husband requirements”. I wanted a guy that would sing to me, would dance with me, loved to surprise me with “little gifts” and he definitely had to take me to black tie affairs. I’m sure glad that as I grew up I realized that my list was a fantasy. Reality is even better! I got a guy who loves me!; January 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Jen said...: I just found your blog when I was looking for local blogs! That column to the left is HYSTERICAL. My kids say funny things all the time but I need to be better at remembering exact conversations. Love the mousse one!

As far as dreams go, I think we all have super big dreams as a kid. If we are lucky we have super big dreams as adults do. I don't look at it so much as not attaining my childhood dreams as much as I would attribute it to those dreams changing as we grow.

So glad I found you!; January 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Brian said...: I always wanted to be a payroll person with Paychex... Wow, to peak at 28!

Just kidding! When I was younger, I wanted to be a cop, always thought that was cool. As I got older, I realized the long hours, and the fact of how unsafe it was and that didn't mesh as well with the family picture I wanted.

Now, I have great respect for cops (most of them, anyway) but realize it wouldn't have been great for me. I'm in awe of the many cops I do know who have wonderful families and have made it work for themselves...; January 17, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Janet said...: okay, don't tell anyone, but I wanted to be a jockey for a while. I think the closest I came to that was wearing Jockey underwear....

(wow, I don't think I've ever told anyone that!); January 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Out Of The Mouths of My Babes...

Tyler- 2-1/2 yrs old whenever he hurts himself will come up to me and say "me bonked me" as if he were telling on himself and ask me to kiss it! Fall 2009

*Seth "Why is my wart on my left foot if I'm right handed?" 5/12/2009

*(To appreciate this fully, read aloud.) Seth reading a National Geographic for kids about space...4/14/2009
Seth"Mom, do you know what my favorite planet is?"
Mom, "Mars?"
Seth, "No."
Mom, "Jupiter?"
Seth, "Nope."
Mom, "Uranus?"
Seth, "Yes! I love Uranus. I want to fly to Uranus!"

* Brooke "Mom, I was coughing like crazy, but now I'm coughing normal a little bit." 4/11/09

* Seth to Brooke "I want to keep tickling you because I like to hear you laugh." 4/7/09

* Brooke after spotting the snow "Woah, but there's not enough snow for a snowman." 4/7/09

* Seth after spotting the snow this morning "do we have school today?" Mom "yes, you have school today." Seth "Dang it, I wanted no school." Where does he think we live? lol 4/7/09

* Uncle Matt told McKee "You have to start acting right." McKee's response "I can't because when I think in my head it jumps to conclusions." 3/5/2009

* Seth said "Dad you don't even know how to pole dance." 3/5/2009

* While looking pigeons on a snow covered parking lot, Brooke said "they look like chocolate chips." From Mike 2/2009

* While putting a second coat of paint on an ammo box, Brooke said "and this is a jacket for it." From Mike 1/2009

* So I'm sitting here at the table on the computer eating a Kudos 100 calorie snack bar and Brooke says "I'm going to buy those when I grow up and I'm going to give one to each of my little kids so I can be REALLY nice!" I think she's hinting at something. 2/19/2009

* Seth brought me the necklace he got out of the vending machine, a little sad because it broke. "Mom, we can send this to cash for gold and put it in an envelope and the mail man bring it to them." 2/14/2009

* McKee has been trying to use some of his new vocabulary in conversation. Earlier when discussing dinner options we mentioned the same thing we had last night and his response was "isn't that a little mono-toe-nus" what he meant was monotonous! 2/5/2009

* Seth "did you know that everything has water in it?" Brooke "not food" laughing. Seth "even chocolate." Brooke laughing more, "that's wierd." Seth "really everything has water in it." Brooke "no, not water, food has sour cream." 1/17/09

* Seth "Mom, do we have any sticky tack?" Mom "No, I don't have any." Seth "Can we get some at the store? Do you need some?" Mom "I don't think I need any." Brooke "I want some sticky attack." 1/1/2009

* Brooke 12/13/2008 When I try to remember something I look at it and the picture goes on a card so I can remember it in my brain and it fits in the big part.

* The "new" version of Feliz Navidad by Brooke Simmons "a cheese choppy dah" 12/2008

* Seth while we were walking home from his open house at school said "According to my hearing it's coming from that way." We heard the marching band practicing at Arcadia.

* Brooke playing with the alphabet magnets on the fridge..."Mom, how do you spell your name." Mom "C-r-y-s-t-a-l." Brooke "No your real name." Mom "oh, you mean "mom." Brooke "yes," 9/17/2008

* After Brooke runs around and feels her heart beating quickly. "Mom, I can feel my heart beeping." Age 2-4 and still going.

* Brooke called Mike just a minute ago to tell him that she "been have" 8/25/2008

* While playing at the playground with friends, we warned the boys to not to play with sticks. McKee was just 3 years old. The boys replied “we need to sticks to fight the alligators.” I replied, "you can use pretend sticks because they are pretend alligators." McKee a little later was carrying a stick again. I looked at him and said, "Only pretend sticks." McKee's reply "I'm going to pretend that this is a pretend stick." summer 2001

* Brooke "Am I still 4?" the morning after her birthday. 4/24/2008

* Brooke "When I was three I was up to mine armpits, now I'm 4 and I'm up to mine eyeballs." 4/25/08

* Brooke "I look like I'm thirsty." 4/20/08

* Seth trying to read the words on a baby onesie in the middle of Walmart...actual words "super hero" the way Seth interpreted it "super hore." Voice level, extremely loud! 8/08

* Brooke and Seth have taken to trying to tell it how it is and what they say goes. So Seth has started bossing Brooke around and at the end of each statement saying "period." (All bow to the mighty master Seth. I'm rolling my eyes right now.) So of course, Brooke thinks she should too, but it comes out a little different. Brooke thinks it's "pyramid." So she'll tell Seth "Stop yelling at me, pyramid." 8/12/08

* While Driving in the van with all 4 kids, McKee and Tyler in the middle, and Seth and Brooke in the back, McKee was entertaining the younger kids with a puppet show...Mom "What's all that kissing noise about?" McKee "It's a horror movie." 7/4/08

* Seth after climbing on a tree branch showed me his hands and said, "ow, I have tree burn."

* Tyler playing with a cap to something...Seth "What does that cap go to?" Mom "my mousse for my hair." Seth, laughing "good one mom." 8/7/08

* Brooke "When he (Seth) leaned on me, his brains smelled different." Seth, very loudly "You can't smell brains." 8/6/08

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Share your Dreams

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