23 Questions about Me by Olive, Maxine Jane and Elijah

A high school friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I thought it would be fun to do with my youngest three children:

Without ANY prompting, ask your child these questions and write down EXACTLY what they say. It is a great way to find out what they really think. 

I got a kick out of some of their answers. Elijah doesn't like being put on the spot so he refrained from answering a lot of the questions. I came away feeling pretty good about me as a mom from their eyes. I also know now that Olivia is a jerk.

 

Olivia age 13 

Maxine Jane age 10 

Elijah age 7

1) What is something mom always says to you? –

Olivia: Clean your room.

Maxine: Stay outside until you dry off.

2) What makes mom happy? –

Maxine: Me! Playing with Blueberry.

Elijah: Being with her children.

3) What makes mom sad? –

Maxine: Liv and I fighting.

Elijah: Watching a sad Disney movie.

Olivia: When she has to work on her day off.

4) How does mommy make you laugh? –

Maxine: Making old jokes.

Olivia: You’re not funny.

5) What was your mom like when she was a child? –

Maxine: I have no idea.

Olivia: Ditto.

6) How old is your mom? –

Olivia: Old.

7) How tall is your mom? –

Maxine: 5’3”. I’m actually right? I just guessed.

Olivia: 3’2”

8) What is her favorite thing to do? –

Maxine: Cuddle with us and with Blueberry.

Elijah: Exactly what Max said.

9) What does your mom do when you're not around? –

Maxine: Exercise, work, sleep.

Olivia: Killing her enemies.

10) If your mom becomes famous what will it be for? –

Olivia: Being the shortest woman on earth. I mean, being a famous author.

Maxine: Being a cuddle buddy.

Elijah: The woman who thinks she’s 16 because she blogs on her phone.

11) What is your mom really good at? –

Max: Making bunnies!

Olivia: Playing the ukulele.

Elijah: Drawing pictures maybe?  

12) What is your mom not very good at? –

Elijah: Playing on the trampoline because it makes her dizzy.

Maxine: Playing in the water because she always has her phone on her.

Olivia: Running.

Maxine: What? That’s not really nice.

Olivia: Have you ever seen her run?

13) What does your mom do for a job? –

Maxine: Typing.

Elijah: Work on the computer.

Olivia: Transcription and research.

14) What is your mom’s favorite food? –

Maxine: Sushi.

Olivia: I got nothing.

Elijah: I got nothing too.

15) What makes you proud of your mom? –

Olivia: Absolutely nothing.

Maxine: That’s not funny Olivia.

Elijah: Yes, that’s not funny.

Maxine: That she works all day for us and puts up with Olivia.

Elijah: Making food for us every day. Every day breakfast, lunch and dinner.

16) If your mom were a character, who would she be? –

Maxine: The elephant from Tarzan. “Are you sure that water is sanitary? It looks questionable to me.”

Elijah: Princess Peach!

Olivia: The mom from Tangled.

Maxine: You’re a jerk Olivia.

17) What do you and your mom do together? –

Maxine: Play outside together with Blueberry and you watch TV with us and play games.

Olivia: We do memes together.

Elijah: Watch movies together.

18) How are you and your mom the same? –

Olivia: We both like music

Maxine: We both have the same hair color

Elijah: We both have hazel eyes, right?

Max: No!

Elijah: Ok, we both have brown hair.

Maxine: You’re copying off of me. 

 

19) How are you and your mom different? –

Elijah: This is really confusing

Maxine: You don’t like to play in water

Elijah: You don’t like cold water.

Olivia: You play instruments and I don’t

20) How do you know your mom loves you? –

Maxine: You feed us and care for us.

Elijah: When we’re sick you care for us.

Olivia: You don’t leave us in the middle of the forest like Hansel and Gretel

21) What does your mom like most about Jeremiah? –

Olivia: His hair.

Maxine: How he is a cat lover. Can’t hug every cat.

Olivia: His sense of humor. The fact that he likes to skateboard.

Max: He likes you, that’s why. You like him because he like you. 

22) Where is your mom’s favorite place to go? –

Elijah: Sushi.

Olivia: Nowhere. She wants to stay at home.

Max: You like when we went to North Carolina on a vacation

23) How old was your mom when you were born? –

Elijah: There’s so many of us, how are we supposed to know this?

Olivia: How old are you right now?

Maxine: 24! I win!