When I Grow Up

Lunchtime Conversation on Lake Austin Blvd.:
(context: The boys have been into discussing what they'll be when they grow up. Jackson vacillates between a geologist and a construction worker. Harry consistently wants to be a cowboy.)

Mary Clement with Cheerios and tiny pieces of banana; Jackson and Harry munching on PBJs. (Every day for lunch I give them an option of fill-in-the-blank or a PBJ. Every day they choose PBJs. Every single day.) I ask them if when they're older and they are a Cowboy and Construction Worker they will want to eat PBJs every day for lunch. Yes, they will. I tell Harry that cowboys eat lots of beans and beef. Also beef jerky. So Harry changes his mind as to his vocation (he recently tried beef jerky and didn't like it). He now wants to be "a tiger who stands up". Jackson informs him that he can't be an animal when he grows up, so Harry decides to be Batman. For the rest of lunch they discuss what superpowers Batman has compared to all other superheroes.