(photo of kids headed to school on Dr. Seuss day. Ivan is wearing a green eggs and ham shirt.)

Ivan speaking on his future plans.

I may have to go to school for a long time because I want to have so many jobs. I want to be a builder and build Ezri a clinic for when she’s a vet. When I’m an ice cream truck driver everyone in my family will get one ice cream a day for free because I will still need to make money so only one. When I am in space going to Mars, Ezri will watch my cats for me. I will have four cats named Manchi, Ellie, Sushi, and Guido. I will be the first person to step on Mars.

Ezri then proposed that she could learn to sew space suits for the cats so that they could travel with him because it takes a long time to get to Mars and they would miss Ivan while he was in space.

Ivan wanted holes in the suits for their whiskers and tails and space leashes to take them on walks.

Ivan is giving me a “monkey hug.”