Zac Attack

The other day when we got home from a LONG trip to the doctor where we found out that Zac still has his "lifelong" chronic ear infections, I heard one of the kids telling him in a very convincing way that he "had" to be a doctor when he grew up. From the other room, I could here him getting more and more agitated as he tried to get them to stop telling him what he was going to be. Finally, in distress he ran to me and said, "I JUST want to be ZACKY"! Bingo.....the parenting pearl I've been looking for! Although he is a little spit fire right now, and his energy level leaves me exasperated from time to time, with the right guidance and direction, before long, I will probably say that I miss the adrenalin rush that finding a little boy covered in cottage cheese at the top of the stairs brings. Quicker than I'd like, I am sure that he will become whatever he wants to be.....judging by the messes he can make, there's a hint of an inventor in his personality; for now though, I'm going to chase him around while he "just wants to be ZACKY"!