Asking children questions about their mother is revealing, to be sure. I was curious as to how they perceive me.
The first responses in the exact words of Isaac, age 10; Erin, age 6; and Gabriel, age 4:
1. What is something mom always says to you?
I: do the trash
E: go make your bed
G: don't lie
2. What makes mom happy?
I: picking you flowers
E: doing what you should
G: when I hug you
3. What makes mom sad?
I: when we disobey
E: not doing what you should
G: if I hit you
4. What makes mom laugh?
I: when grown-ups tell jokes
E: (censored)
G: when I give you a raspberry
5. What was your mom like as a child?
I: how should I know?
E: silly
G: I don't know
6. How old is your mom?
I: 32
E: 32
G: that's a hard one...
7. How tall is your mom?
I: 6 foot 3 inches
E: tall!
G: 45 inches
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
I: go shopping with friends
E: take a nap after church
G: hug me
9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
I: goes on the computer
E: take a nap
G: walk
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
I: having the world's greatest 10-yr-old
E: us!
G: hugging
11. What is your mom really good at?
I: typing on the computer
E: writing
G: I don't know....games
12. What is your mom not very good at?
I: playing with legos
E: painting
G: basketball
13. What does your mom do for her job?
I: cleans the house
E: take care of us
G: just job
14. What is her favorite food?
I: pasta salad
E: things with onions that I don't like
G: vegetables
15. What makes you proud of your mom?
I: that she loves me
E: feeding us good food
G: getting my paint (I recently repainted his room.)
16.If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
I: Squidward
E: Dora
G: I don't know...an angel?
17. What do you and your mom do together?
I: talk
E: read
G: play a game
18. How are you and your mom the same?
I: we both have the same color eyes
E: same eyes
G: God made us
19. How are you and your mom different?
I: you like chocolate, I like Skittles
E: hair
G: I just said, God made us!
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
I: she disciplines me
E: by obeying her (huh?)
G: because God loves me
21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
I: I know it's not the grocery...Myrtle Beach!
E: shopping
G: restaurants
5 comments:
Priceless!
Gabe's answers were always unexpected!
Precious! I am going to copy this off you, I love to know what my kids really think, and then again, it might be embarrassing!
cute :) so are you going to tell us if any of their answers were right????
Actually, they were right on MOST of the time. Of course, they're not quite sure how tall I am. And yeah, I would LOVE to take a nap after church, but that almost never happens. And the foods--well, I LIKE pasta salad, things with onions, and vegetables, but I wouldn't exactly call them my favorites. I'm thinking more along the lines of chocolate-peanut butter ice cream, and, well, ANYTHING chocolate! :)
This was a lot of fun for me, and I'm thinking of doing it again soon with some "deeper" questions. Depending on the responses I get, I may or may not choose to publish the findings. :)
Some of those answers were hilarious - and some just made me want to go "Aaawwww . . . . " THE absolute sweetest was Gabe's answer to the cartoon character question.
I'm not sure I'd get much of a coherent answer from Karis or much more than drool from Malachi, but I'm gonna have to keep this in mind for when they're a little older!
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