Friday, March 13, 2009

A fun rainy day interview

This afternoon, I read on another blog a little interview that a mom did w/her kids. And so I "copied" it and it gave us some rainy day fun here!!! I could have come up w/my own questions, but decided to use the ones that I'd read on the other blog. We had all kinds of laughs as we were doing this. And each one didn't get to hear the other's answers, so it was cute to see how some of their answers were the same. With each one there seemed to be a "theme" or a recurring answer. And a few honest answers that weren't quite as funny for ME to hear!  
But they were still too cute not to share! (Their answers are word for word.)  

Interview w/Bryan, age 6 
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1. What is something mom always says to you?  
No  

2. What makes mom happy?  
Helping you.  

3. What makes mom sad?  
When I don't help you.  

4. How does your mom make you laugh?  
By telling me funny things.  

5. What was your mom like as a child?  
Like me.  

6. How old is your mom?  
33  

7. How tall is your mom?  
20 inches  

8. What is her favorite thing to do?  
Go out on dates.  

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?  
Clean up.  

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?  
cleaning up.  

11. What is your mom really good at?  
teaching school  

12. What is your mom not very good at?  
football  

13. What does your mom do for her job?  
school  

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?  
pancakes  

15. What makes you proud of your mom?  
helping  

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?  
a picture taker  

17. What do you and your mom do together?  
I like to play with you.  

18. How are you and your mom the same?  
we're good at things.  

19. How are you and your mom different?  
I like football, and you don't.  

20. How do you know your mom loves you?  
Cuz you take care of me.  

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?  
You like him more than us.  

22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?  
To Grandma & Papa's house.  

Funniest answer to me: That he thinks I'm 20 inches tall  
(no, we haven't gotten to measurements in math yet, obviously!) 
Most honest answers to me: #1, That he thinks I "always" say "NO!"  
#9 What I do when he's not around. Clean up! (Hey, at least he notices!) 
#14 He answered in regards to himself, that pancakes are his favorite food that I make!  
#21 That one made me laugh. He knows that I've told them "daddy's first!"  

Interview w/Zachary, age 8
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1. What is something mom always says to you?  
I love you.  

2. What makes mom happy?  
To not disobey and for us to clean up.  

3. What makes mom sad?  
When we disobey you.  

4. How does your mom make you laugh?  
By playing a game.  

5. What was your mom like as a child?  
Um, just like us?  

6. How old is your mom?  
33  

7. How tall is your mom?  
5 1/2 feet  

8. What is her favorite thing to do?  
To play with daddy & us and have fun.  

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?  
Read the Bible.  

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?  
Teaching us to obey.  

11. What is your mom really good at?  
You're really good at teaching us  

12. What is your mom not very good at?  
You're not very good at soccer.  

13. What does your mom do for her job?  
Teach us.  

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?  
At Pei Wei  

15. What makes you proud of your mom?  
By you teaching us school, because I don't want to go to school.  

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?  
A School teacher  

17. What do you and your mom do together?  
We play games.  

18. How are you and your mom the same?  
Because we both have black hair & we're allergic (have allergies)  

19. How are you and your mom different?  
Because you're older & the mom and I'm a boy.  

20. How do you know your mom loves you?  
You feed us and do everything.  

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
That you kiss on the lips all the time.  

22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?  
On someone's birthday going somewhere.  

#7 He's the one that got my height accurate.  
#10 I don't think I'll ever be "famous" for teaching him to obey. LOL 
#11 At least Zach thinks I'm good at teaching. 
Re: #21 And how does he know that??  

Interview w/Tiffany, age 9 1/2
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1. What is something mom always says to you?  
I love you.  

2. What makes mom happy?  
When we obey.  

3. What makes mom sad?  
When we disobey.  

4. How does your mom make you laugh?  
By doing funny things with Chandler.  

5. What was your mom like as a child?  
Like me.  

6. How old is your mom?  
33  

7. How tall is your mom?  
6 feet?  

8. What is her favorite thing to do?  
Go shopping  

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?  
I don't know.  

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?  
Singing or playing the piano.  

11. What is your mom really good at?  
Singing  

12. What is your mom not very good at?  
playing football  

13. What does your mom do for her job?  
teach us.  

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?  
everything except sushi & shrimp & stuff  

15. What makes you proud of your mom?  
That you take care of us.  

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?  
Petunia Pig I don't know, I'm just picking one (laughing while she says this)  

17. What do you and your mom do together?  
We like to shop & eat lunch.  

18. How are you and your mom the same?  
We're both girls.  

19. How are you and your mom different?  
You have black hair & I have blonde hair.  

20. How do you know your mom loves you?  
Because you show love to us by doing things.  

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?  
Because he talks to you and helps you when you're not feeling good.  

22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?  
Go with Aunt Lyssa & Aunt Holly to a movie or shopping or something. 
 
#8 Shopping is NOT my favorite thing (although it is to do WITH her) 
#12 Ok, another one thinks I'm not good at football. And I actually do know how to play!!! 
#16 Who is Petunia Pig??  


Well, they all seem to know that it makes me happy when they obey. They all acknowledged that I do a lot & I teach.  I apparently haven't played enough football or soccer w/them. And they know their daddy & I love each other.  I think I need to do interviews like this more often!!! For them....and for me.

Have a great weekend!

3 comments:

SevenPilgrims said...

Abby, this was GREAT! I loved reading their answers and I can't wait to duplicate it sometime with our kids. God is so good to us through our kids, isn't He? ~Jan

jo said...

Loved this!!!! I'm grinning ear to ear just picturing their faces answering these questions. Don't be surprised if you see this show up on my blog sometime.

three girls and a guy said...

That was so cute Abby. I tried doing it with Heidi but she totally didn't get it. Her answer for almost everything was, God, Rainbows or princess stuff. I think she thought she was supposed to say something specific.
Holly