Big Plans

N: Mom, I have some plans.
Mom: Oh? Tell me your plans.
N: I want to skate on ice sometime.
Mom: That sounds like fun. Maybe if we visit Michigan in the winter we can skate on ice. I've never skated on ice outdoors before.
N: And I want a sleigh with horses.
Mom: Wow. That's more elaborate. I don't know about that.
N: Or a sleigh with reindeer.
Mom: Do you mean like Santa Claus?
N: Yeah. Are reindeer real?
Mom: Yes, but they can't fly in real life; that's part of the make believe story about Santa Claus.
N: Why?
Mom: That's a good question. I don't know why the reindeer have to fly in Santa Claus' story. I guess to explain how he can travel all over the world in one night.
N: Mom?
Mom: Yeah.
N: I want to live in Alaska when I grow up.
Mom: Sounds good. There are a lot of things in Alaska that you want to see. I can understand that you want to live there.
N: Are there reindeer there?
Mom: Yeah. But they're called caribou in Alaska.
N: Do people have sleighs?
Mom: I bet a lot of people do. I've only been to a small part of Alaska once and I didn't see any sleighs but I bet there are.
N: I want to go there when I'm a kid, get a house and then move there when I'm a grown-up.
Mom: Any other plans you want to tell me about while we're at it?
N: I'm taking Mona with me.