Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Some of Them May Not be Getting Allowances This Week.

I have seen this meme around and enjoyed reading it. It was fun to do with the kids- they loved the chance to tease me...hmm...wonder where they get that from...

Starring:
A, girl, age 12 1/2
K, boy, 9 and 3/4
J, boy, 6
M, boy, 3 and 3/4

1. What is something your mom/wife always says to you?
A: "It's a smack in the face when you talk to me like that!" and "I love you"
I almost didn't put this one...cause it's embarassing to hear my kids re enact my rants... there is body language and a hand actions to go with the first comment, which she had me bent over cry/laughing about when she mimicked me. You will notice that she took great pleasure in this interview.

K: "I love you"

J: "I love you"

M: "Good night"


2. What makes your mom/wife happy?

A: chocolate, Dad

K: when us kids don't fight

J: doing the right thing

M: when I'm silly


3. What makes your mom/wife sad?
A: when we misbehave-you start crying in the van.
In my defense, that is only about once a month..and usually we are late for something.

K: when we fight

J: not listening

M: shrug


4. How does your mom/wife make you laugh?
A: When you get mad at me, I sit there and try hard not to laugh because the stuff you do is really quite funny.
why did I interview my tween?

K: the "Don't smile" game

J: by tickling me

M: tickle me

5. What was your mom/wife like as a child?
A: red headed, freckled, weird

K: wore glasses

J: liked lego, really liked dolls

M: shrug

6. How old is your mom/wife?
A: 36, 37

K: 36

J: 35

M: holds up 5 fingers


7. How tall is your mom?
A: same height as me

K: 5'5 and a 1/4 (he cheated)

J: 54 feet

M:taller


8. What is her favorite thing to do?

A: give hugs, eat chocolate in the van, coughing as you unwrap the wrapper!
(that is embarassingly true)

K: nap

J: bake cookies

M: make some dinner


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

A: Who knows, I shudder at the thought!

K: go shopping

J: that's a hard question. Bake cookies, print of coloring pictures for M

M: ?

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

A: baking: your show could be called, Danger With Jane.

K: soccer

J: doing an opera dance

M: "shrug"


11. What is your mom/wife really good at?
A: baking and being a mom

K: cooking chicken

J: giving hugs

M: good news


12. What is your mom/wife not very good at?

A: picking cool clothes

K: hockey

J: cleaning her dresser!

M: ?


13. What does your mom/wife do for a job?

A: doesn't have one, she's a mom

K: taking care of us

J: print off coloring pictures for me and M

M: bringing me to preschool


14. What is your mom/wife's favorite food?
A: salad, quiche, chocolate

K: salad

J: cookies

M: broccoli

(salad?)


15. What makes you proud of your mom/wife?

A: when she scores a goal in soccer

K: is this a trick question? How well she can cook?

J: when she bakes me cookies

M: I dunno


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

A:Barney from the Flintstones, because he is always doing funny stuff. Or a smurf.

K: Daffy Duck or Elmer Fudd

J: a sumo wrestler (here I made the mistake of asking WHY? and he added with pleasure, that then I would have a wedgie- oh to be 6!)

M: a race car


17. What do you and your mom/wife do together?

A: bake

K: play hangman

J: clean my room

M: read books, build lego


18. How are you and your mom/wife the same?

A: we both have the same feet- water skis, according to Dad (as in the ex)

K: both have 2 brothers and 1 sister

J: we're in the same family

M: i dunno

19. How are you and your mom/wife different?

A: look different, have different opinions

K: different genders

J: we don't look the same

M: dunno


20. How do you know your mom/wife loves you?

A: she tells me every night and gives me a hug.

K: she says it all the time

J: she says I love you.

M: good night kiss


21. What does your mom/wife like most about your dad
A: his radical dance moves

K: that he loves her

J: his kisses , (then I heard him mutter) " I need a barf bag!"

M: having a good night kiss!



So, how much money do you think I should put towards their therapy fund?

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4 comments:

Amelia Antwiler said...

Can you hear me laughing?!?!
Those answers are AWESOME!!!

"I shudder at the thought". MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Miriam said...

Jane, you totally cracked with that one!!!!!!!

So he wants you to be a sumo wrestler because he wants you to have a wedgie? I don't get that one.

lifebythehandful said...

You are so brave to ask your children! I'll have to ponder this some more before I ask mine and even then I might not post it. Thanks for sharing.

Halfmoon Girl said...

yikes, I just realized how my daughter's first answer sounded! I just posted and tried to clarify that point! I DO NOT SMACK HER IN THE FACE OR GESTURE ABOUT IT IN ANY WAY!