There is a thing that's been going around on Facebook recently where you ask you kid(s) a bunch of questions about their mum. So here's how mine responded...
What is something Mum always says to you?
Thumper (age 5 yrs, 9 mths): I love you.
BallFiend (age 8 yrs, 10 mths): I love you.
What makes Mum happy?
T: Being nice. Chocolate.
B: Me.
What makes Mum sad?
T: When I get angry at you... like you feel a bit, like, embarrassed.
B: Me being stupid and annoying and disobedient.
How does Mum make you laugh?
T: Say funny stuff.
B: Tell jokes.
What was Mum like as a child?
T: Little.
B: I don't know.
How old is Mum?
T: Fourteen.
B: Forty.
How tall is Mum?
T: About as tall as the door [whilst pointing to the door].
B: About a metre and a half.
What is Mum's favourite thing to do?
T: iPad... play the fishy-lolly game. [That'd be Candy Crush Saga.]
B: Probably be happy.
What does Mum do when you're not here?
T: Go out... ABA meeting. Cheekily, sneakily go out.
B: Usually, if I am not here... something like work.
[I think they both missed the part of the question 'when you're not here'!]
If Mum became famous what would it be for?
T: Getting lots of money.
B: How well you cook stuff. You cook really good bread and cakes and stuff.
What is Mum good at?
T: Yoga, 'cause you've done it lots of times.
B: Cooking 'cause of your good cooking skills 'cause you make really good food.
What is Mum not good at?
T: Trying to hide in small places 'cause you're quite big.
B: Playing Minecraft 'cause you've only played it about once.
What is Mum's job?
T: Work... going to work. To get money. Work on computers.
B: Umm... I don't know. Doing phone calls and stuff I guess.
What makes you proud of Mum?
T: You're very brave.
B: That you love me.
What's Mum's favourite food?
T: Ice cream.
B: Chocolate.
[Chocolate is the correct answer.]
What do you and Mum do together?
T: Go out places... the animals, the zoo.
B: Happy, fun stuff... Go to school together. Ride bikes together. Go to Phillip Island.
[Umm, no Thumper, we haven't been to the zoo in well over a year. We did however just return from a long weekend at Phillip Island today.]
How are you and Mum the same?
T: We have both got light skin.
B: Probably that we sort of, like, have the same colour skin.
How are you and Mum different?
T: We don't have the same hair colour.
B: You don't play Minecraft very much and I play it quite a lot. Also different clothes. Girl and boy... so basically male and female.
If your Mum was a cartoon character who would she be?
T: Pikachu.
B: Road Runner
[Huh? Huh!?]
How do you know Mum loves you?
T: 'Cause you say it all the time.
B: Because you say it.
What does Mum like best about Dad?
T: He's sometimes kind to you.
B: That he loves you.
[Thumper, 'sometimes' is a bit of an understatement!]
Where is Mum's favourite place to go?
T: Movies.
B: Home.
[BallFiend is correct. Thumper is way off - I hardly ever go to the movies - definitely not a favourite place to go.]
How old was Mum when she had you?
T: Ten.
B: [after a few minutes pause while doing some calculations on his fingers/in his head] 33 or 32.
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