There is one of those silly but entertaining questionaires floating around Facebook now, and the kids and I had fun filling it out. Three-year-olds are very random and irrelevant creatures, apparently. Or at least mine is. I apologize for the very annoying spacing; I couldn't fix, probably since I cut and pasted this from Facebook.
Karsten: age 3
Zane: age 5
Gunnar: 8
Signe: 9
WITHOUT ANY prompting, ask your child these questions and write down EXACTLY what they say. It is a great way to find out what they really think. When you re-post put your child's age.
1. What is something mom always says to you?
-I love you
-Do no play Command and Conquer
-I love you
-Clean your room
2. What makes mom happy?
-Loving
-Eating chocolate
-Not having to do chores
-Cleaning up
3. What makes mom sad?
-Not loving
-Breaking lamps
-Delays
-When we disobey
4. How does your mom make you laugh?
-When you are talking about weird things
-Doing funny jokes
-Tickling
-Tickling
5. What was your mom like as a child?
-Loving
-So funny
-Playful
-Acting, reading
6. How old is your mom?
-5 😜
-16
-40
-40
7. How tall is your mom?
-16 (inches? feet?)
-15 feet
-5'7"
-5.8 (she said 5 point 8. I'm actually between 5'6" and 5'7")
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
-Nothing (this can certainly be true sometimes!)
-Eating chocolate
-Eating dinner
-Doing chores
9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
-Take a nap
-Watch T.V.
-Chores
-Do chores
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
-??? Because you are famous (clearly not understanding the question)
-Winning all the championships in the world
-Spanish teacher
-Acting
11. What is your mom really good at?
-Driving 😊
-Running fast
-Spanish
-Acting
12. What is your mom not very good at?
-Exercising
-Brushing her hair (haha!!)
-Being crazy
-Singing (yup...)
13. What does your mom do for a job?
-The dishes (amen!)
-Takes care of us
-Spanish class and chores at home
-Spanish
14.What is your mom's favorite food?
-Salad
-Meat
-Tuna casserole (um....)
-Salad
15.What makes you proud of your mom?
-Computers (huh??)
-She does laundry
-That you take care of us and love us
-That she takes care of me
16. If your mom were a character, who would she be?
-John the Cactus, a character in a dinosaur book (whaaa??? He totally made that up).
-a girl fox
-(did not get one from Gunnar)
-Anne of Green Gables
17. What do you and your mom do together?
-Play with Jerome (No, I don't usually play with the cousins.).
-Go get ice cream
-Eat dinner
-Go to Bible study (Signe helps babysit at the Wednesday night outreach study)
18. How are you and your mom the same?
-Bibi (his blanket. No, I don't have a special blanket)
-We both have hands and fingers
-We are related
-We are both females
19. How are you and your mom different?
[at this point Karsten got bored and wandered off down the hall]
-You have red hair and I have...what kind of hair do I have?
-I'm a boy, you're a girl
-You're a mom, I'm a daughter
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
-By letting me watch T.V. [I went back and asked Karsten these last few questions at bedtime]
-Because she takes care of us.
-She spanks me so I won't be a bad person
-She spanks us
21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
-I don't know
-Because he's handsome
-He has a bald head and beard
-His big muscles
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
-McDonald's. (I told him I don't really like McDonald's. Karsten responded with a very teary emotional voice, "but I WANT you to like McDonald's!'. I told him I would try.)
-Chinese restaurants
-NOT McDonald's (ironically, this was not stated anywhere around Karsten't answer), and Papa and Nana's and Grandpa and Grandma's house
-Oregon
23. How old was your Mom when you were born?
-2
-16 (the same age as when Zane was born, apparently)
-32
-31 (actually 30)