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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Interview with My Children

I did this with my children last night, and it was FUN...they had a fun time!

F - 15 yo daughter
JC - 13 yo son
H - 11 yo daughter
JT - 9 yo son
L - 7 yo daughter
K - 5 yo daughter

1. What is something mom always says to you?
F - How was your day?
JC - Match socks
H - I love you
JT - do your homework
L -Clean your room
K - Clean your room


2. What makes mom happy?
F - Chocolate and coffee
JC - eating chocolate
H - Chocolate and coffee
JT - laughing
L - when we clean our room
K - I do

3. What makes mom sad?
F - one of us disobeying you.
JC - not having coffee
H - when we disobey
JT - me being gone
L - when we don't clean our room
K - IDK

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
F - telling the truth when Daddy jokes around
JC - cracking jokes that don't make sense
H - being herself
JT - being funny
L - she tickles me
K - she tickles me

5. What was your mom like as a child?
F - busy
JC - busy working
H - young
JT - young
L - she was like a child
K - she was a child

6. How old is your mom?
F - 29 (she is WELL TRAINED!)
JC - 102
H - 40
JT - 40
L - 40 years old
K - 94 or 92


7. How tall is your mom?
F - technically, 5'5"
JC - 5'2" I think...or maybe 5'4 1/2" ?
H - 5'5"
JT -1' 1"
L - really tall
K - not taller than daddy


8. What is her favorite thing to do?
F - Read
JC - get away from us
H - read
JT - do the girls' hair
L - go to bed
K - type


9. What does your mom do when you're not here?
F - work on the computer
JC - typing
H - live
JT - type
L - work on the computer
K - typing

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
F - having the most issues with her wrists
JC - the best speller
H - writing a book
JT - for being famous
L - getting famous glasses
K - typing


11. What is your mom really good at?
F - drawing
JC - staying focused (what planet is HE one?!?)
H - being herself
JT - sitting
L - typing
K - typing


12. What is your mom NOT very good at?
F - being taller than me
JC - sports
H - being someone else
JT - yoga
L - getting up (because she sends others to "fetch" for her)
K - IDk


13. What does your mom do for a job?
F - medical transcirption
JC - typing
H - type
JT - she's a comedian (?!?!?)
L - types
K - work on her computer


14. What is your mom's favorite food?
F - Chocolate
JC - lasagna
H - chocolate
JT - me (aka shrimp)
L - lasagna
K - trail mix


15. What makes you proud of your mom?
F - She has 6 kids and is not in an asylum.
JC - she's not in the hospital yet.
H - she's my mom.
JT - she's very cool
L - she does her job all the time and doesn't give up
K - she likes me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
F - Mrs. Potts (Beauty and the Beast)
JC - Ms. Piggy
H - Ms. Piggy
JT - Lola Bunny
L - Bugs Bunny
K - Bugs Bunny

17. What do you and your mom do together?
F - ride in the car
JC - chores
H - play
JT - make supper together
L - homework
K - IDK

18. How are you and your mom the same?
F - We both have wrist issues
JC - we are good with electronics
H - we are females
JT - we're in the same family
L - we're both girls
K - we're both girls

19. How are you and your mom different?
F - I am taller
JC - I play sports and she has wrist problems
H - she is the mom and I am the child
JT - she's a girl and I'm a boy
L - we don't both wear glasses
K - we're not the same tall

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
F - because she hasn't been put in an asylum yet
JC - she's not in the hospital yet
H - because she says it every day and I can tell because she's looking in my eyes and not the other way
JT - because she says it
L - she always gives me hugs and kisses...
K - she also takes care of me when I fall down

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
F - Barnes & Noble
JC - Away from the kids
H - Bed.
JT - home
L - Moe's
K - home.

I have to say that this was THE most fun thing I've done with my kids in a long time...

5 comments:

Stacey,momof 2 said...

I love this... I hope you are okay with me sending it to my friends that have more than 2 kids-- I think the differnet ages makes for better answers!
I'll ask them to come back here and leave a comment--

Laura Paxton said...

Thanks, Stacy! I DO appreciate your asking...and am always glad to have more visitors!!

mommyto4duckies said...

Very cute. The asylum comments crack me up!

Krysti said...

What a hoot! Tell F hi from R--don't think the others remember him. His favorite game these days is "I'm taller'n you..."

crispy said...

Too fun. I love hearing kids responses.