Monday, August 23, 2010

Interview without a vampire

I read a blog called Whoopee and in a recent post, the mommy (or mummy as she is British) who writes it posted a series of questions she asked her daughter. I've stolen the questions and here are Maggie and Zofia's answers. BTW, I did the interviews separately so they could not hear each others' answers.

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
M: I love you.
Z: I feel like I'm talking to a wall.

2. What makes Mommy happy?
M: hugs
Z: me

3. What makes Mommy sad?
M: being mean
Z: when I'm being mean

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
M: being silly
Z: say something funny

5. What did your mommy like to do when she was little?
M: I don't know
Z: I do not know that

6. How old is your mommy?
M: I don't know, 92?
Z: I know you're in your 30's.

7. How tall is your mommy?
M: taller than this


Z:I think probably 7 or 8 feet.

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
M: the news
Z: I'm guessing...the news?

9. What does your mommy do when you're not there?
M: work
Z: remembers that she's gonna see me again

10. What is your mommy really good at?
M: Can I take a guess?..and don't write it down. Watching TV?
Z: cooking

11. What is your mommy not very good at?
M: feeding the baby while you're eating
Z: fixing things is my guess

12. What does your mommy do for her job?
M: work
Z: count money at church

13. What is your mommy's favourite food?
M: dumplings
Z: my guess is maybe soup, like me

14. What makes you proud of your mommy?
M: everything good
Z: cooking; the same answer of what she's good at

15. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
M: Pinky Dinky Doo
Z: maybe someone on a cooking show

16. What do you and your mommy do together?
M: do puzzles
Z: puzzles

17. How are you and your mommy the same?
M: nothing. wait, I know...We both have...I'll show you! (runs off) We both have these:


Z: we're both people

18. How are you and your mommy different?
M: I don't have sunglasses
Z: you're a grown-up, I'm a kid

19. How do you know your mommy loves you?
M: because you give me hugs
Z: 'cuz she says it every day

20. What does your mommy like most about your daddy?
M: that he tickles us
Z: he's her husband

21. Where is your mommy's favourite place to go?
M: the closest place to home
Z: church

22. What is one thing you wish you could change about your mommy?
M: making me have time outs
Z: she gets cranky sometimes

23. What would your mommy do with a million dollars?
M: pay
Z: the only answer I can get with that question is spend it

24. What do you wish you could go and do with your mommy?
M: Do everything I can't go and do with you
Z: cooking

25. What is one thing you hope never changes about your mommy?
M: you
Z: She loves me.
Mommy: That will never change Zof!
Z: And also I love you and that's never going to change!

Monday, August 16, 2010

A couple of recent photos

All my girls watching a bedtime story. OK, technically, two girls watching, one girl not so much.

KK, zonked out after a long day.



Thursday, August 12, 2010

How to eat dinner and get baby to sleep at the same time




K.K. was super fussy during dinner and I had to keep patting her back or else she cried, so here was my solution.