My friend Robin Bielman posted this on her blog and I thought it was hilarious. It’s twenty-one questions you ask your kids. I found it humorously enlightening. These are the answers my younger son (14 years old) gave.
1. What does your mom always say to you?
Did you remember to get your lunch?
Did you remember to get your lunch?
2. What makes mom happy?
When I get good grades. Obviously.
When I get good grades. Obviously.
3. What makes mom sad?
When Dad does annoying stuff. Wait. Sad? Getting a rejection from the Woman’s World people. Because when Dad does annoying stuff, you get annoyed.
When Dad does annoying stuff. Wait. Sad? Getting a rejection from the Woman’s World people. Because when Dad does annoying stuff, you get annoyed.
4. What does your mom do that makes you laugh?
When she shows me something funny on someone else’s blog.
When she shows me something funny on someone else’s blog.
5. What was your mom like as a child?
Short. (laughs) She didn’t have to wear glasses back then. I don’t really know that much else.
Short. (laughs) She didn’t have to wear glasses back then. I don’t really know that much else.
6. How tall is your mom?
Short. (snickers) I’m sorry. There’s nothing else I can say. (Obviously I’ve raised a smart ass.)
Short. (snickers) I’m sorry. There’s nothing else I can say. (Obviously I’ve raised a smart ass.)
7. What is her favorite thing to do?
Maybe play computer games on her computer, the various games she finds on the internet.
Maybe play computer games on her computer, the various games she finds on the internet.
8. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
Same stuff she does all the time.
Same stuff she does all the time.
9. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Writing romance books, or just books in general.
Writing romance books, or just books in general.
10. What is your mom really good at?
Writing. And cooking. And yoga from what I can tell.
Writing. And cooking. And yoga from what I can tell.
11. What is your mom not very good at?
Most video games. (Not true! I can kick ass at Plants vs. Zombies, Bookworm, and Bejeweled Twisted.)
Most video games. (Not true! I can kick ass at Plants vs. Zombies, Bookworm, and Bejeweled Twisted.)
12. What does your mom do for her job?
She puts all of her personality into making sure that the customers at Starbucks feel welcome and that they have a pleasant time at the store.
She puts all of her personality into making sure that the customers at Starbucks feel welcome and that they have a pleasant time at the store.
13. What is your mom’s favorite food?
Lasagna! Wait… I don’t know! (I don’t even know what my favorite food is.)
Lasagna! Wait… I don’t know! (I don’t even know what my favorite food is.)
14. What makes you proud of your mom?
Raking in the bucks from the stories she writes for Woman’s World and for being such a nice person to all of her customers at Starbucks because some of my friends go there and I like to know they’re being taken care of.
Raking in the bucks from the stories she writes for Woman’s World and for being such a nice person to all of her customers at Starbucks because some of my friends go there and I like to know they’re being taken care of.
15. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
A mix of Pinky and that rat from Pinky and the Brain, a mixture of them.
A mix of Pinky and that rat from Pinky and the Brain, a mixture of them.
16. What do you and your mom like to do together?
Watch the old movies and classic musicals pretty much. And speaking of that we really need to rent Chorus Line. (I told him we should see the play and not the movie.)
Watch the old movies and classic musicals pretty much. And speaking of that we really need to rent Chorus Line. (I told him we should see the play and not the movie.)
17. How are you and your mom the same?
We are both mildly funny with a positive outlook on life. (Hrumph. Only mildly???)
We are both mildly funny with a positive outlook on life. (Hrumph. Only mildly???)
18. How are you and your mom different?
Height. Definitely. (laughs some more) I get she was a lot smarter than I was when she was a kid.
Height. Definitely. (laughs some more) I get she was a lot smarter than I was when she was a kid.
19. How do you know your mom loves you?
She says it everyday and she makes me very very very very very nice dinners. (Ah, even at this young age, the way to a man’s heart…)
She says it everyday and she makes me very very very very very nice dinners. (Ah, even at this young age, the way to a man’s heart…)
20. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?
Hawaii. Specifically the island of Kauai. The people there thought she was a native. (Well, I like Hawaii, but I think I’d rather go to Italy.)
Hawaii. Specifically the island of Kauai. The people there thought she was a native. (Well, I like Hawaii, but I think I’d rather go to Italy.)
21. Where is your mom’s least favorite place to go?
I would imagine boats on the ocean. (This was the strangest answer he gave! I have nothing against boats.)
I would imagine boats on the ocean. (This was the strangest answer he gave! I have nothing against boats.)
