Interviews with the kids

So my friends Jeana and Becky interviewed their children and got some pretty cute answers. I decided to copy them, right down to using the same questions. I think it originated as a Mother's day interview - all about Mom. I interviewed all four of my kids at different times, so these answers are not "group think" answers. :)
1.What is something your mom always says to you?

Cameron (age 15): "Hey, Bud!" 

Katie (age 13): "I love you." 

Rosalie (age 11): "I love you." 

Natalie (age 9): "I love you." 

(OK, forget the quotes. And forget full names...) 

2. What makes your mom happy? 

C: Being with her family. 

K: When you bring her flowers, do chores and help out with dinner. 

R: Flowers. 

N: Flowers. 

 3. What makes your mom sad? 

C: When Daddy's gone. 

K: When someone else is sad, when someone dies. 

R: When we disobey. 

N: When Nana dies. 

 4. How does your mom make you laugh?

 C: By singing funny songs in a silly voice. 

K: She says funny stuff and tickles me. 

R: By doing crazy things. 

N: By tickling me. 

5. What was your mom like as a child? 

C: Friendly. 

K: No idea. 

R: Liked to read and play outside and read the Bible 

N: Pretty. 6. 

How old is your mom? 

 C: 40 

K: 40 

R: 40 

N: 40 

Shoot - no fooling them! 

 7. How tall is your mom? 

 C: 5'9" 

K: 5'9" 

R: I don't know 

N: 6'2" 

8. What is her favorite thing to do? 

 C: Be with friends and family. 

K: Be a mom. 

R: Shopping going to the beach, being with her kids. 

N: Read the Bible. 

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? 

C: Runs errands, takes care of my sisters. 

K: Laundry, dishes, chores, go to Bible Study, clean Grampa and Grandma's house. 

R: Sometimes she cleans Grampa and Grandma's house, read 

N: Clean people's houses and put away the clean dishes, clean up the house, get ready to have people over. 

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

C: Her cooking 

K: Her cooking 

R: Being the best mom. 

N: Being a missionary. 

11. What is your mom really good at? 

C: Being a mom. 

K: Cooking and being a mom. 

R: Being a mom. 

N: Being a mom. 

12. What is your mom not very good at? 

 C: Swimming. 

K: I don't know. 

R: I don't know. 

N: Painting (like art) 

13. What does your mom do for a job? 

C: Takes care of our family. 

K: She's a stay-at-home mom. 

R: Nothing - well, you don't work anywhere. 

N: Clean people's houses. 

14. What is your mom's favorite food? 

 C: PF Chang's (restaurant), sesame chicken and broccoli. 

K: ice cream? 

R: Pineapple 

N: Mango 

15. What makes you proud of your mom? 

C: She's not embarrassed to act weird in front of my friends. 

K: That she's a good mom. 

R: That you're our mom. 

N: For you being a mom. 

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

 C: (Haven't got an answer yet.) 

K: Bugs Bunny, cuz he is smart. 

R: I don't know 

N: The little girl in Inspector Gadget - Penny. 

 17. What do you and your mom do together? 

 C: make silly jokes, talk. 

K: Go shopping, cook, garden 

R: Go shopping, read together. 

N: Read a book together, clean the house, play. 

18. How are you and your mom alike? 

C: We look similar, we have the same sense of humor. 

K: We look alike, we have some of the same interests, we both love our family.

R: We both like to go shopping, we both like Tiger (the cat). 

N: We like the same foods. 

19. How are you and your mom different? 

C: She's more mature than I am - age-wise and brain-wise. 

K: We're different ages, I do water polo and she's a mom. 

R: I like different foods - You like foods I don't like. 

N: We like different kinds of gum. 

20. How do you know your mom loves you? 

 C: By hugging me and making silly jokes with me. 

K: She says she loves me, she disciplines us to make us good people. 

R: She disciplines me because she cares about me, she tells me. 

N: Because she tells it to me all the time. 

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? 

C: His love of Jesus. 

K: That he's a good, strong Christian. 

R: He's a good dad. 

N: He's a Christian. 

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? 

C: Home, Bible Study, church. 

K: Crescent Lake. 

R: The beach and clothes shopping. 

N: The beach. 

23. What do you think of your mom? 

C: She's a good Christian, she loves us and she's cool. 

K: She's a good mom and a good Christian and she loves us. 

R: A good mom, we can trust her, she loves us, she's a Christian. 

N: She's a good person, trustworthy and loyal. 

 So, that was fun. I especially like how Rosalie's answers many times involved shopping - HER favorite thing to do. :) I was a bit surprised that none of them know my favorite food. Then again, maybe I don't either.... And I like that Cameron thinks I'm cool. :) And I don't know why he doesn't think I'm very good at swimming.... just because I don't play water polo doesn't mean I can't swim. Just sayin'.