20 Questions

Have you seen this circulating on Facebook?
 "WITHOUT prompting, ask your child these questions and write EXACTLY what they say about you."
 I think it's fun to do these every now and then with the kids. It's a very good reminder that, yes, our kids are watching us and the see more than we think they see. Among the 100 answers here, there are very few wrong answers, and many of the questions have multiple answers. I think my kids have me pretty well pegged. Oh, and if I did have to choose my favorite set of answers, I'd choose Nash's. As the youngest child he certainly sees this world as revolving around him!

 OWEN, age 14

 1. What is something I say a lot? A gasp noise
2. What makes me happy? When I don't spring school projects on you
3. What makes me sad? When a duck gets hurt
4. How tall am I? 6 feet
5. How old am I? 42 (Thanks a LOT!)
 6. What's my favorite thing to do? Social media
7. What makes me proud of you? When I get good grades
8. What is my favorite food? Pizza
9. Do I have a favorite child? If you did you wouldn't tell me (ha!)
10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? Tennessee
11. Do you think you could live without me? No
12. What's my favorite song? You Broke Up With Me
13. How do you annoy me? Pacing (Seriously!)
14. What is my favorite movie? A Christmas Story
15. Who do I have a crush on? Dad
16. Where was I born? Flushing
17. What's my favorite show to watch? Friends
18. Who's my best friend? I don't know any of your friends
19. What scares me? When you trip
20. How do you describe me? Funny and sarcastic and caring


 EMERSON, age 12

 1. What is something I say a lot? Ow!
2. What makes me happy? Quiet (Ain't that the truth!)
3. What makes me sad? Death
4. How tall am I? 6 feet
 5. How old am I? 41
6. What's my favorite thing to do? Run
7. What makes me proud of you? When I'm on stage
 8. What is my favorite food Sweet potatoes
9. Do I have a favorite child? Owen (ha!)
10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? Tennessee
11. Do you think you could live without me? No
12. What's my favorite song? Piano Man
13. How do you annoy me? Ask the same questions repeatedly
 14. What is my favorite movie? The Goonies
15. Who do I have a crush on? Dad
16. Where was I born? Flint
17. What's my favorite show to watch? Orange is the New Black
18. Who's my best friend? Dad
19. What scares me? You're not really scared of anything
 20. How do you describe me? Tall and likes to run and had a lot of followers on Instagram (ha!) 


GREYSON, age 10
 1. What is something I say a lot? You yell at Nah a lot
2. What makes me happy? When one of us kids does something good
3. What makes me sad? When someone dies in your family
 4. How tall am I? 6'1"
5. How old am I? 41
6. What's my favorite thing to do? Run
7. What makes me proud of you? Getting good grades in school
 8. What is my favorite food? Roast beef and mashed potatoes
 9. Do I have a favorite child? No
10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? Bahamas (Let's go!)
11. Do you think you could live without me? No, because I wouldn't even be alive without a mother 12. What's my favorite song? My Girl
13. How do you annoy me? When I hurt someone and make them cry
14. What is my favorite movie? The Goonies
15. Who do I have a crush on? Dad
16. Where was I born? Michigan
17. What's my favorite show to watch? Naked and Afraid
18. Who's my best friend? Us kids
19. What scares me? When I do something crazy like walk on thin ice or stunts (This boy gives me gray hair!)
20. How do you describe me? Happy and nice and you have five kids


 ALAYNA, age 8

 1. What is something I say a lot? The S-H word
2. What makes me happy? When we do our chores
3. What makes me sad? Having one of our animals die
4. How tall am I? 30 feet (OMG!)
5. How old am I? 41
6. What's my favorite thing to do? Sleep
7. What makes me proud of you? My gymnastics skills
8. What is my favorite food? Lasagna
9. Do I have a favorite child? No
10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? Chicago
11. Do you think you could live without me? No
12. What's my favorite song? Taylor Swift songs
13. How do you annoy me? Ask for something a thousand times
 14. What is my favorite movie? The Grinch
15. Who do I have a crush on? Dad *giggle*
16. Where was I born? Tennessee
17. What's my favorite show to watch? You don't watch tv
18. Who's my best friend? Makayla's mom
19. What scares me? When we stomp down the stairs and you think we are falling (This gets me every time!)
20. How do you describe me? Pretty and nice


 NASH, age 5

 1. What is something I say a lot? Pea soup
2. What makes me happy? Nashy!
3. What makes me sad? When you have nothing to do
4. How tall am I? 50 (wow!)
5. How old am I? 10 (thanks!)
6. What's my favorite thing to do? Make dinner
7. What makes me proud of you? Everything
8. What is my favorite food? Noodles with gravy
9. Do I have a favorite child? Nashy!
10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? Walmart (ha!)
11. Do you think you could live without me? No
12. What's my favorite song? Taxi (I think that's HIS favorite)
13. How do you annoy me? Call you on the phone
14. What is my favorite movie? Willy Wonka
15. Who do I have a crush on? Me!
16. Where was I born? November
17. What's my favorite show to watch? You don't watch tv
18. Who's my best friend? Nashy!
19. What scares me? Monsters
20. How do you describe me? A mom (That I am.)