‘What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men …… That is what love looks like.’ - St. Augustine

Saturday, January 08, 2011

What My Daughter Really Thinks of Me

I'm so swamped with adoption stuff and work stuff, there is no time to write for fun! But I did just find this , while I was hunting in my word documents for a soup recipe my daughter created a few years ago. No soup recipe in sight, but this questionnaire she answered in 2008 is adorable!. Try it with your kids, and post. Let me know if you do!

Directions: Ask your child these questions and write down the answers, exactly as they respond.


Nastia age 16 years 5 months 6 days, answers...

1. What is something mom always says to you? Don't do this, don't do that......and BE CAREFUL!!!

2. What makes mom happy? taking pictures of me, cuddling me.

3. What makes mom sad? when I yell that she's not my mom.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? when I see her naked by accident.

5. What did your mom like to do as a child? play with her dollhouse alot and barbies

6. How old is your mom? 43? 42? I dunno...just put "very old"

7. How tall is your mom? mom, these questions are getting so stupid.

8. What is her favorite thing to do? umm, read and sleep.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? work and work and work

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? For Shakespeare stuff or for being arrested.

11. What is your mom really good at? loving me & yelling at bad drivers.

12. What is your mom not very good at? cooking.

13. What does your mom do for her job? teach kids about Shakespeare.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? chocolate and coffee.

15. What makes you proud of your mom? when she spends time with me even when she's tired.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Umm, some penguin.....cause they're kind of fat, a little cute, and walk wobbly.

17. What do you and your mom do together? everything.

18. How are you and your mom the same? we both love animals and each other alot.

19. How are you and your mom different? I can cook, she cant.

20. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? England, I think, to that place where Shakespeare was borned.

21.How do you know your mom loves you? I just do.




11 comments:

  1. That was soooooooooo sweet and fun to read.

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  2. Famous for getting arrested?!?! Are there more stories to go with that one? LOL! I will have to ask O and Z and see what they say! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Hahah that is cute! :D

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  4. hahahah! penguin.
    too funny!!

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  5. Loved doing this with Sharon.

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  6. Anonymous9:42 PM

    How fun! Thank you for sharing!!

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  7. Some of those had me cracking up!

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  8. ok... I am going to try this

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  9. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. I had fun doing this with our son. Here are his answers. (Don't have a blog ... hope it's O.K. to post here).

    Justin’s answers (Jan. 10/11) at 5 years, 3 mos old:
    1. What is something mom always says to you? “Don’t touch money” (I had just finished asking him repeatedly to return the dime he had taken from the desk)

    2. What makes mom happy? “Co-operate”

    3. What makes mom sad? “Cutting your head off (giggles) … but you don’t do it. That’s a silly one”

    4. How does your mom make you laugh? “Doing something to me funny” (demonstrates by putting hands behind ears and sticking out tongue)

    5. What did your mom like to do as a child? “Watch T.V.”

    6. How old is your mom? “I don’t know? 41. Is it that?” (it is 44)

    7. How tall is your mom? “Five … I mean 100” (it is 5’11”)

    8. What is her favourite thing to do? “Play with me”

    9. What does your mom do when you're not around? “Wash dishes and do laundry & stuff”

    10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? “I don’t know” (don’t think he understands what famous means)

    11. What is your mom really good at? “Washing dishes. You’re really good at that. You do it everyday.”

    12. What is your mom not very good at? “Washing the chimney. (laughs/giggles) “… ‘cause you don’t even have a chimney!”

    13. What does your mom do for her job? “Can you tell me?”

    14. What is your mom's favourite food? “Chicken … I mean salad. Salad chicken … salad and chicken”

    15. What makes you proud of your mom? “Co-operating … right Mommy?”

    16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? (looking at his dinosaur socks … pondering) “Dinosaur”. (Me:”Why?”) “… because … that’s all I want to say for now”. (our kids have seen cartoons rarely … and don’t know what the word cartoons means)

    17. What do you and your mom do together? “Hmm … nothing. No … actually play and do cards” (play card games)

    18. How are you and your mom the same? “Because we both have the same eyes” (both blue)

    19. How are you and your mom different? “Because we’re not the same persons because you’re a girl and I’m a boy”

    20. Where is your mom's favourite place to go? “Hmm. Can you say 'Hmm' on there? Disney World. Right mom?”

    21. How do you know your mom loves you? “Because I know”

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