career choices

It is decided.

Ada has decided what she wants to be when she grows up...

An Astronaut.

When Elliot first heard this he informed her that this meant lots and lots of school. First grade school, then high school, then university, then 'astronaut school'... And Ada has signed up for all of that.. she is dedicated. At least for this week.

There are a couple of factors at play here.

1. One of my co-workers who doubles as an airline pilot saw a barbie like doll dressed up like an Astronaut in an airport gift shop, roll-y bag and all, and bought it for Ada. Hey if a barbie doll can do it - so can Ada.

2. Ada's Papa bought Ada one of the coolest space books on the planet (he he). Ada spends hours and hours looking at the pictures in this book and requesting anyone around her to read it to her.

3. One of Elliot and Ada's favorite games to play is "Solar System" - where Elliot holds up a ball and pretends to be the sun and Ada holds a ball and runs around him pretending to be one of a variety of planets, her distance from Elliot determining which planet she is.

4. And finally - Ada's class spends at least a week a year talking about space. Looking at books, talking about the planets, and basically geeking out space style.

And there you have it. Ada wants to be an astronaut so she can take care of Space.