A sign of things to come?

As a parent I naturally over-analyze everything my kids do. You know what I'm talking about,  "my kid walked at 10 months, he's going to be a track star!" "Did you see him wolf down that pudding? He's going to be a competitive eating champ!" And so on. Still it's fun to speculate about how your kids might be as adults based on things they do as kids. Two examples of this happened over the weekend.

We were in Coeur d'Alene for a temple sealing of some friends of ours that adopted a baby, and that evening (despite some CRAZY snow coming down) we had a get together at a house in Rathdrum. The first example happened while we waited for the rest of the guests to arrive (which took a while with all the snow). The kids were all inside watching a movie while the adults chatted and got things ready. All the kids, that is, except Eli. Here is what Eli was doing:

Yep, Eli was outside shoveling the driveway (more like a small parking lot really). I was out with him, naturally, and we just shoveled and pushed snow around for a good 45 minutes. Now you might say "he just wanted to play in the snow since you don't get much of it in Seattle!" But any parent knows that this is clearly a sign that as an adult he will be the hardest of hard workers.

The second happened when the party was in full swing. Everyone was enjoying Kami's barbecue pulled pork sliders, as well as a chocolate fountain with a variety of things to dip in it. Now, what was Eli eating? Was he stuffing himself will all manner of chocolate drizzled goodness? Nope, he was excited that he found an apple, and was enjoying it very much (no picture of the apple, sorry). Later on he snuck a pear from the fruit bowl "for the road," as he would say. Clearly a sign that he will be a health conscious adult, who only fuels his body with wholesome, nutritious foods.

Now does this really mean that he will be a hard working and health conscious adult? I don't know if you can take it that far, but as a parent it's nice to hope right?