YAY FOR MOM!

I was looking at my Xanadu-loving friend Audra's blog and saw the cutest tag/blog entry. I got my kids together and asked them the following questions. It was fun to hear their reactions, even though some of them were rather silly!!

K = Kaleb, C = Cameron, TY = Taylor, T = Timothy

1) What is something mom always says to you? K:) Think before you speak, C:) I don't know...shut up? TY:) I love you, T:) You're an idiot!
2) What makes mom happy? K:) People that listen to her, obey her, help her, and do chores, C:) New shoes!, TY:) When you are obedient, T:) Not lying.
3) What makes mom sad? K:) People not listening, people bugging her, screaming when she has a headache and being alone for a long time. C:) Whatever Kaleb said, he took all the good things! TY:) Not listening and being disobedient, T:) Lying.
4) What does your mom do to make you laugh? K:) Tickle me, and she tells jokes and says funny things, C:) I laugh when she yells at Taylor, TY:) She says, "Hey Taylor!" and I say "What?" and she farts! T:) When she looks at me.
5) How old is your mom? C:) She's either 37 or 38, K:) What? She's 35!, TY:) She's 37, T:) She's older than the dinosaurs.
6) What was your mom like as a child? K:) Playful, she never put sunscreen on so she got sunburned and her mom had to peel off all the dead skin, C:) She was always nice to her brother and friends, TY:) She had curly hair like a perm and was loving and nice, T:) She never got in trouble.
7) How tall is your mom? K:) About as tall as Tim. How tall is Tim? C) Ida know, I've never measured you before. 5'2"? TY:) I'm not sure, 4'5", T:) 5'4"
8) What is your mom's favorite thing to do? K:) Go shopping, watch Seinfeld, hang with her friends, go watch movies, C:) SHOPPING! Reading vampire books, TY:) She likes cuddling and us giving her massages and she likes going to movies, T:) Anything Twilight.
9) What does your mom do when you're not around? K:) Talk to friends on the phone, read vampire books, babysit kids, C:) Hang out with Angie or Heather or Dawn, TY:) She babysits and probably gets annoyed, T:) Babysits.
10) If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? K:) A comedian, like Jerry Seinfeld, C:) Singing, TY:) Acting and singing, T:) For being the craziest person on earth and drug dealing.
11) What is your mom really good at? K:) Making meals, scrapbooking, and babysitting C:) Scrapbooking and she's really good at sleeping! TY:) Cooking & parenting, T:) Being a mom.
12) What is your mom not so good at? K:) Tech deck skating and playing Grand Theft Auto, C:) Cannonballs like when you jump in to the pool, or any gun games, TY:) Math and disciplining us. Sometimes she is too nice and she needs to be harder on us! T:) Skateboarding.
13) What does your mom do for her job? K:) Babysitting, C:) Babysits, TY:) Babysitting, T:) She sits around watching TV all day.
14) What is your mom's favorite food? K:) Chinese, C:) salad from Cafe Rio, TY:) salad, T:) Cafe Rio salad.
15) What makes you proud of your mom? K:) She tells funny jokes, she doesn't yell as much, she takes us fun places, C:) When she takes us places to buy stuff with our money, she doesn't get bothered when people make fun of her, TY:) She is nice and she always tucks us in bed and she helps us with homework and she is a really great mom, T:) She's just a good mom.
16) If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? K:) a cartoon version of Elaine from Seinfeld C:) Velma from Scooby Doo, the geeky one, TY:) Lois from Family Guy, T:) Cartman.
17) What do you and your mom do together? K:) I show my mom stuff on youtube like Potter Puppet Pals, C:) If dad can't go with you to Desert Star, you take one of us, TY:) Shopping and spa days, T:) Sometimes she checks me out of school and we go have lunch and talk.
18) How are you and your mom the same? K:) We both like Potter Puppet Pals and we're both funny, C:) We both have brown hair, TY:) We both like acting and singing and we have brown hair and we like to shop, T:) We are both totally cool.
19) How are you and your mom different? K:) I'm more obnoxious, C:) I'm younger and you're older, TY:) She is way taller than me, T:) She is old.
20) How do you know your mom loves you? K:) How? That's easy! She says I love you and hugs you and stuff and when she takes us out places, C:) Same thing as Kaleb said, TY:) She tucks us in bed and gives us hugs & kisses and makes us treats, T:) She beats me. Just kidding! Ha, ha, ha! She tells me she loves me and calls me a jerk...she always calls me a jerk!

I have awesome kids! Try this with your own kids...it's a real eye-opener!