Interviewing The Kids

Emmy Mom has the best ideas.  She interviewed her kids and posted their answers on her blog.  I'm playing along....

Alex....6 years old
 Height:  4 feet 3 inches
 Shoe size:  1

 What is your Favorite:
  Cereal:  Honey Nut Cheerios
  Vegetable:  Tomatoes
  Drink:  Root Beer
  Toy:  Sammy (stuffed animal he's had since he was a baby)
  TV Show:  Phineas and Ferb
  Thing to do:  Build Legos
  Game:  Harry Potter for the Wii
  Book:  Ninjago
  Restaurant: The Rock Pizza
  Place to go: Harry Potter World

If you could change your name what would you change it to: Zedrick
What is something mommy says:  Stop It

What do you want to be when you grow up:  Scientist/Ninja
What are you going to do different this year than last:  Nothing
Who are your friends?  Carson, Coleman and Mallory
What is one wish for the New Year? That it will snow.
If I gave you $100 what would you do with it?  Buy Legos
What are you afraid of?  I'm not afraid of anything, actually.

Mallory....5 years old 
 Height: 3 ft 11 inches
 Shoe size:  12

 What is your Favorite:
  Cereal:  Frosted Mini Wheats
  Vegetable:  Carrots
  Drink:  Root Beer
  Toy: The best thing in the world, awesomeness things to play with. Buddies.
  TV Show: My Little Pony
  Thing to do: Play with Alex
  Game: Angry Birds
  Book:  Princesses
  Restaurant:  Red Robin...YUM!
  Place to go:  Target

If you could change your name what would you change it to: Samantha
What is something mommy says: I love you!

What do you want to be when you grow up: A plain old Mom that works at home.
What are you going to do different this year than last: Stop wasting paper
Who are your friends? Lainey, Phoebe, Emily and a bunch of others.
What is one wish for the New Year? Mommy and Daddy to stay together.
If I gave you $100 what would you do with it?  Spend it on buddies and legos
What are you afraid of?  Everything 

All She Wants for Christmas

I'm mostly ready for Christmas. Are you?

My gifts are wrapped and out of town packages are ready to go to the post office. My decorations are in the apartment waiting for December 1st to be put up and my Christmas cards are ordered.

Tip from Christmas Connie:


Keep an inventory of what is in each of your totes of decorations so that it is easy to find your elves each year. You don't want a child accidentally opening a tote and discovering your little secret.

I feel SO peaceful and I've put that dreadful nasty elf situation behind me!

If you missed it last week....I had an altercation with Head Elf Cheryl.  You can read all about it here.

It was so funny on Saturday....iKeith and I were racing through the mall to the LEGO store when Cheryl was walking with Santa to the photo booth North Pole and she recognized me and a look of terror crossed her face!  I greeted Santa enthusiastically and then when they passed me I flipped Cheryl the bird.

Remember this little girl?

Well....she asked Santa for a pink robot that makes cookies, cleans her room, makes her bed and gives her dollars.

I told her that she already had one of those.  It's called a Mommy!

All The Suckers I Can Eat

Now that Alex is away from home in the mornings....Mallory and I have more time to run errands and get coffee.

We have some great talks in the car and she sometime's makes me laugh until I have tears streaming down my face.

Today, we needed to go to the bank and she was very excited at the prospect of getting a sucker.  This led to a discussion about what she wants to be when she grows up.

At first she told me that she wants to work in a bank.  I had to laugh because I could see in her mind she was eating unlimited amounts of suckers.

I explained to her that when she is an adult....and has a job, she can buy as many suckers as she wants.  I heard a gasp from the backseat and she asked me if I was serious.  I assured her that I was.

I asked her if this changed what she wanted to do for work when she grows up and she said yes....she'd like to be a black girl.

I glanced up in my rear view mirror and I said, 'Really?  A black girl?' and she said, 'NO MOM!  A Blogger!'

I think I need to get my hearing checked.

In other news....at the *Kindergarten Lunch with Mom's* which I've dubbed Lunch and Learn...I was mistaken for the hot Danish Swedish Nanny that is employed by one of the classmate's parents.  I have to tell you...with only 6 days until my 41st birthday it was better than being carded for booze!