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closeWednesday, Feb. 18, 2009
An interview with my son
By April Carman, Special to the Herald
Me: “I am going to interview you, OK?”
Son: “What are you going to do to me?”
Me: "Interview you. I am going to ask you questions.”
Son: “OK, then I will ask you questions afterwards!”
Me: "OK. How old are you?"
Son: "Five."
Me: "No you aren't, how old are you?"
Son: "Well, my birthday is tomorrow."
Me: "No it isn't, it's in just under 6 months from now. How old?"
Son: "Four and a half."
Me: "Do you like being 4.5?"
Son: "Well, you can do stuff that she can’t." (Referring to his sister.)
Me: "What is your favorite food?"
Son: "Noodles and crab and rice." (He has had crab like twice.)
Me: "What is your favorite thing to do at school?"
Son: "Works and play."
Me: "So like everything then, right?"
Son: "No, not everything, works and play."
Me: "What about 'Movie Day' ?"
Son: "That's Tuesday."
Me: "Do you like 'Movie Day' ?"
Son: "Mommy, you know this!"
Me: "Yes, I know it's your favorite day."
Son: "You're a silly berry head." (Thank you Grandpa. Thankfully he didn't pick up the first part -- “dingle”.)
Me: "Ok, what is your favorite book?”
Son: “Mouse Soup and Mistletoe and the book about Pa and Ma and Laura and wolves and Jack.”
Me: “Little House on the Prairie.”
Son: “Yeah that one.”
Me: “What is your favorite song?
Son: “JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS, ROBIN LAID AN EGG, BATMOBILE…”
Me: “OK, got it. Which is better, summer or winter?”
Son: “Halloween.”
Me: “Halloween isn’t in summer or winter, it is in fall. Which do you like better?”
Son: “I said I like Halloween time best.”
Me: “Even better than Christmas?”
Son: “Yep.”
Me: “Okaaaaay… let’s see how many kids are you going to have when you are a daddy?”
Son: “152.”
Me: “You told me 146 the other day. Now you are going to have six more!“
Son: “Well, yes. C said she wanted to have lots of girl princess babies.”
Me: (Escaping from this topic.) “What’s the best thing that happened this week?”
Son: “I got reward and got a snow scooper water shooter.”
Me: “No you didn’t.”
Son: “But I want one.”
Me: “Oh, of course you do.”
Son: “Mommy you’re a silly berry head. My turn to ask you questions now.”
To be continued…
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