Thursday, February 19, 2009

All about mom

Cut and paste these questions and ask your kids their answers. I did this on my Facebook page, but then Andi added her answers to this version, so her answers will be before Jacob's.

Jacob age 11, Carly age 10, Wesley age 9 & Ryan age 9 answered mine Answers will be in that order - too lazy to type their names every time.

1. What is something mom always says to you?
A - Hey, whatcha doin? Wanna come over for dinner?
J- I love you - come give me a hug
C- I love you
W - I love you - do you school work
R- What's the question again? (That was him asking me, not the other way around.)

2. What makes mom happy?
A - spending time with family and friends.
J - No fighting
C - A clean house
W - Minding
R - Listening to her (hmmm. see above answer of Ryan's)

3. What makes mom sad?
A- When Duke loses
J - When we disobey her.
C - Pappaw's gone
W - Sad movies
R - Her father died

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
A- We just usually find the same things funny & feed off each other like sharks. We aren't allowed to sit next other at church any more.
J - Rubs my belly and says Nanna Nanna Nanna
C - Doing funny dance moves to groovy music
W - Doing funny faces
R - Lip synching

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A- Cute - I look just like she did. Had some righteous glasses.
J - dorky
C - outside shooting guns
W - being funny
R - being funny

6. How old is your mom? (48)
A- 29
J - 41
C - 49
W - 48
R - 48

Jacob then said, "I was wrong? Do you like my answer best though?" Why yes, I did.

7. How tall is your mom?
A - 5'8"
J - 11 foot 12
C - really taller than me
W - 600 feet
R 70 pounds

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
A - Play games
J - Play spelling games
C - watch TV
W - playing scrabble
R - going to places she likes

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
A- Mourn
J - Dance to 80s music in her bra and panties
C - Play poker at Sherie's house
W - Going to WalMart and not bring me a toy
R - Going to errands

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
A- cheesecake
J - a professional 80s dancer
C - the best cook in the world
W - the best nose blower in the world
R - being a rock star

11. What is your mom really good at?
A- dang near everything and it's irritating as all get out. Organization!
J - listening and reading
C - baking cheesecake
W - making food
R - being a teacher

12. What is your mom not very good at?
A- Realizing the obvious - such as why a scarecrow is called a scarecrow.
J - exercising
C - riding bikes
W - being a professional nose blower
R - being a go go dancer

13. What does your mom do for a job?
A- What does she not do?
J - she's a mom for a living
C - CASA work
W - Be our teacher
R - taking care of children

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
A- Meat Loaf - sounds nicer than Milk duds
J - Wild West shrimp from Longhorns
C - Chinese
W - Roast beef sandwiches
R - Hamburger w/ ketchup and dehydrated onions from McDonald's

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
A - that we have a relationship where we can tell each other anything - even when she would rather that I didn't.
J - She's the best mom ever
C - She's the really best mom
W - She beat me in scrabble (he's 9 - big accomplishment)
R - She's a good mom

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
A - Dudley Doright
J - Captain Underpants
C - Mickey Mouse
W - Super power ranger
R - Sponge Bob

17. What do you and your mom do together?
A- Everything except sex - that would be creepy.
J - Cook
C - Go shopping
W - play games, cook
R - go out to eat

18. How are you and your mom the same?
A- Our sense of humor & our double chin(s) & most of our pet peeves
J - we are both chubby little dorks
C - have the same haircut
W - we wear glasses
R - we have brown eyes

19. How are you and your mom different?
A- She is way more organized than I am. I have a very disorganized sense of organization.
J - She doesn't have braces
C - I don't wear glasses
W - She's a girl
R - I'm little

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
A- Because she is always, always, always, always there for me whenever for whatever. because she's smart enough to realize that although I'm a grown woman, I still need my momma.
J - She gets me everything I NEED, not everything I want. She homeschools us.
C - She teaches me stuff
W - She just loves us.
R - She adopted us. She doesn't want me to stay at Oakdale all day.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
A - The fact that they're divorced but they get along great and he is so nice to my little brothers and sister.
J - They are just meant for each other.
C - He doesn't yell all the time.
W - He keeps us from being poor.
R - He takes her on dates.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
A- Longhorns followed by the Grand Traverse Pie Company for Blueberry crumb pie
J - Longhorns
C - Longhorns
W - Mickey D's
R - I forgot all the restaurant's names.