Interviews at three and five...

 

This post sat written but unposted for nearly a week because of space issues on my computer. In fact, all of his birthday posts are late.

Two years ago we were in Connecticut right after Christmas, and my sister's friend Martha told me how she interviews her son each year, always enjoying seeing how the answers change as the years race by.

She interview Dan and gave me the list, which sat lonely and forgotten in an unused purse until it was rediscovered when we moved. I decided that enough time had gone by and I wouldn't wait until Christmas to do another. Hence the new tradition of the Birthday interview...

Here are the questions and Dan's answers at age 3 and a half:

 

Which is your favorite television show?

SpongeBob Squarefish!

Your favorite food?

Sausage Pizza!

Your favorite word?

Poopie! (Ed. - The poop doesn't fall far from the...never mind.)

Your best friend?

Phoebe! (Ed. - Our dog...)

Your favorite color?

Red!

Your favorite teacher?

Mrs. MOMMY! (Ed. - You betcha!)

Your favorite game?

Knock Knock!

Your favorite store?

Red Publix! (Ed. - His name for the Ingles grocery store in North Carolina, as "Ingles" is written in big red letters...)

Your favorite ice cream?

Ingles in North Carolina! (Ed. - Hmmm. Need to get more specific...)

Your favorite ice cream flavor?

Peanut Butter and Chocolate! (Ed. - Hmmm, that's my favorite too. Wonder how that happened? Me either.)

Your favorite book?

Polar Express!

Your favorite sport?

(Ed. - No answer. Is he losing interest, or is he too ashamed that he keeps following his cousins and rooting for the University of Florida when both of his parents went to Florida State?)

Your favorite drink?

Milk!

Your favorite snack?

(Ed. - No answer. Is he losing interest or does his mother never give him snacks?)

Your favorite time of day?

Night!

Your favorite joke?

(Ed. - No answer. And it's not because he hasn't inherited his mother's incredible wit! But he may have inherited her inability to never remember a joke other than "What do you call a truckload full of vibra... Never mind.)

 

Your favorite movie?

Polar Express! (Ed. - And it's NOT because it was around Christmas and he was watching it over and over and over again. He watched it over and over and over again all year long...)

Your favorite toy?

(Ed. - No answer. Now I KNOW he's losing interest. I can tell you, though, it was a train or a car...)


Your favorite letter?

(Ed. No answer. He's definitely losing interest...)


Your favorite number?

(Ed. - No answer. He's lost interest.)

Your favorite smell?

(Ed. - No answer. Maybe next year...)

Your favorite place to go?

(Ed. - No answer. He's not even in the room anymore.)

 

And here they are at 5...

Which is your favorite television show?

Max and Ruby

Your favorite food?

Pizza!

Your favorite word?

Barnacles! (Ed. - Could be worse!)

Your best friend?

Adam

Your favorite color?

Blueish green (Ed. - Not green. Not blue. Are we clear?)

 

Your favorite teacher?

Nobody. (Ed. - I guess my magic has worn off...)

Your favorite game?

Bowling (Ed. - Isn't that everybody's favorite?)

Your favorite store?

Office Max (Ed. - Actually, any one with a bathroom will do...)

Your favorite ice cream?

Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry (Ed. - Curious, because I don't think he's every had strawberry ice cream...)

Your favorite ice cream flavor?

That IS my favorite ice cream flavor. (Ed. - Sorry, dude, last year we needed to be more specific.)

 

Your favorite book?

There's a Wocket in my Pocket

Your favorite sport?


Watching trains. Amtrak trains. (Ed. - Well, perhaps if he runs in place while waiting for the next one...)

Your favorite drink?

Chocolate Milk

Your favorite snack?

Grapes, cheese and yogurt (Ed. - If only that were all...)

Your favorite time of day?

Evening at 5:00 (Ed. - Want to know Mommy's theory as to why? Because it's the only time he gets to swim without a rash guard. Mean Mommy doesn't want him to get skin cancer!)

Your favorite joke?

knock knock! Who's there? I'm a pile-up? I'm a pile-up who? HAHAHAHA!!!

Your favorite movie?

Tom and Jerry

Your favorite toy?

Thomas the Tank Engine

Your favorite letter?

A

Your favorite number?

1 with a top that's flat. (Ed. - He doesn't like a straight up and down 1. He likes the one seen in many fonts with a little line at the top. And it has to be a straight line, not the curved one. Sigh.)

Your favorite smell?

Wizards


Your favorite place to go?


The waterslide park.

 

Can't wait to see how he answers at 6!