I Need Money

“Mom how do I get money”, my five year old asks?  “Well, when you are a little older mom and dad will give you an allowance so you can learn all about how to handle money”.  “ I am going to need a lot”, she tells me.   “Really”.  I can’t imagine what she will need all this money for although I picture lots of extra Hannah Montana trinkets and stickers all over my apartment.  “Well”, I tell her when you get a little older you’ll get a job.”  “Oh”, she says.  “What will I do?”  I say, “well, hopefully something you love so you will be successful and make lots of money.” Ahhh always the dreamer, I discuss many of her talents with her like egg cracker, hair brusher, plate cleaner, trick or treat professional, chop buster, common great kid jobs.  She says “I am going to be an artist.”  “Great,” I say.  “Then a fashion designer.”  “Ooooh,” I say.  “I can make stuff for you” she says. ”Yeah,” I say, she still likes me obviously.  Now she starts coming up with all kinds of ideas for what she will design for me.  I am thinking now of not encouraging fashion design.  Lastly she tells me she is also going to drive a limosine but she still doesn’t understand that the successful part of limo is when you are being driven in it, not driving it.  I love five.