Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Interviews



What is something Dad always says to you?
LUKE: He says that he loves me. And when he talks to me on the phone he tells me that I smell like a skunk.
BEN: I love you.

What is something Mom always says to you?
L:You say that I am handsome a lot.
B: You say "Yes.. you can do that."

What makes Dad happy?
L: Every time I listen to him.
B: When I give him a hug when he comes home from work.

What makes Mommy happy?
L: When I clean up the cushions on the couch after she tells me to.
B: When we wake up in the morning, you are really happy to see us. {LOVE this answer!}

What makes Dad sad?
L: when we go swimming and he can’t come.
B:When we go on vacation without him.

What makes Mommy sad?
L:When I do something after she told me not to.
B: when I'm fighting with my brothers.

How does Dad make you laugh?
L:When he hangs me upside-down. And his sleep stories.
B: When he reads scriptures in a crazy voice.

How does Mom make you laugh?
L:Hm... Um.. when you make funny faces ?
B: I don’t know. You’ve never made me laugh before. (ouch..but so typical of Ben to say)

How old is your dad?
31 (both)

How old is your mom?
28 (both)

How tall is your dad?
L: Probably as tall as VELOCIRAPTOR.
B: SIX FEET

How tall is your mom?
L:Not as tall Dad.
B: Six FEET

What is daddy's favorite thing to do?
L: He likes to play with us when he gets home from work.
B:Play video games with us

What is mom’s favorite thing to do?
L: Watch American Idol
B: Make huts and watch movies with us

What does your dad do when you're not around?
L: sleeps
B: works and probably plays sports when he’s not at work.

What does your mom do when you're not around?
L: take a bubble bath
B: watch TV and lay on the couch.

What is your dad really good at?
L: Tennis and Basketball.
B: playing video games

What is your mom really good at?
L:helping kids and people and being nice to everyone.
B: typing really fast on the computer.

What is your dad not very good at?
L: nothing.
B: I can't think of anything that he's not good at.

What is your mom not very good at?
L:Doing boy stuff (such as?)
B: playing video games.

What does your dad do for his job?
L: He helps people with their problems.
B: He takes money from people. (he was half joking.. but it's still funny.)

What does your mom do for her job?
L:Swimming
B:She teaches homeschool and cooks a lot.

What is your dad's favorite food?
L: Bacon
B: Enchiladas

What is your mom’s favorite food?
L: Turkey
B: Popcorn

If your dad were a cartoon character, who would he be?
L: Patrick (from Spongebob)
B: Goofy.

If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
L:?
B: Minnie Mouse.

How are you and your dad the same?
L: we both have brown eyes.
B: we both like to play tennis.

How are you and your mom the same?
L: We both have tan skin. [not sure where he came up with this one.]
B: we both have blue eyes and long eyelashes.

How are you and your dad different?
L: Dad has a job and I don't.
B: We jump differently on the trampoline. ?

How are you and your mom different?
L: my mom likes to go to sleep early and I like to stay up for a little bit longer.
B: She's a girl and I am a boy.

If Dad was an animal what would he be?
L: Cheetah
B: Donkey

If Mom was an animal what would she be?
L: Dolphin
B: a cat, not because you like cats, but because they are nice.

21 comments:

Francine said...

Love it! You must have just posted this because it wasn't there a minute ago. "When he reads scriptures in a crazy voice" is my favorite because I could totally imagine Aaron doing that. That's the best tag I've ever seen. I've never taken on a tag but I just might have to do that one with Aspen.

Stephanie said...

Love it, I might have to pretend that you tagged me, I'm interested in asking my kids these questions!

janet said...

Consider yourself tagged.

tatum said...

this is probably the cutest "tag" i've seen so far.

julie said...

That was really fun to read. I am going to have to do it on my blog.

the Simpson's said...

I love this one too... I'm tagging myself also. Thanks for the adoreable ideas. Your boys are so cute...I mean cool!

Sheri said...

Soooo cute! You guys sound like the funnest parents ever. I would tag myself, but I'm 99.9% certain McKenna would answer, "I don't know" to every question and Mathew would ignore me.

Andrea said...

I loved this tag--reading it and doing it. I like how Ben said that when he's not around you "watch TV and lay on the couch." FUNNY!!

karlin said...

I want to know how accurate their answers were. That was a cute tag!

aaron said...

I would have to say that these answers are spot-on since I would definitely be either a Cheetah or a Donkey. Six and a half, half a dozen of the other.

Holler to all my hommies reading this blog! Here is my 1 comment for the month so my wife doesn't leave me for a man who can "blog".

janet said...

what do you mean six and a half, Aaron? I might not leave you for a man who blogs, but maybe for one that leaves comments that actually make sense...

campblondie said...

Purrrrrrr! That's why you always sat on the back of the royal crest couch and purred. Oh wait, that wasn't you.

JaNae said...

Did you ask them these questions separtely so they couldn't hear each other's answers? If not, it's pretty impressive that they didn't copy each other more.

The Smith Family said...

Such a cute tag. I love that Luke said yu were good at helping people and being nice to everyone. So True!!

janet said...

I planned on asking them separately.. and I believe I started out with Luke, but somewhere along the way, Ben jumped in and started answering. Ben was super fast with his answers.. Luke took a lot longer, but he's never really wanted to be a copier. I think he may have even taken longer to answer something different (and to make sure it was right.) Luke is pretty much slow at everything he does!

tida6 said...

You have the sweetest boys. Smart answers. I don't think my kids would say very nice things about me. Ummm... I'm curious maybe I will try this and see.

Kelly N. said...

I love it. I'm copying you. I love that you and your husband comment to each other on your blog. I don't think Kye ever looks at our blog. Maybe I'll write something wild about him and he'll start looking more...

Brandon and Lindsay said...

I never knew your favorite thing to do was make huts and watch movies and american idol. :) I learn new things about you all the time from your fabulous blog!

Kristen said...

I love interviews like this. :) And I think it's great that Ben's answer to one thing you always say to him is, "Yes, you can do that." I remember Sister Hinckley saying that we as moms should look for opportunities to say "yes" to our kids because most of the time we're telling them what they aren't allowed to do. It sounds like you guys have a lot of fun together!

janet said...

Thanks Kristen. I love hearing that. Sometimes I think I am a pushover mom because I do let them do most things-- but I really don't want to be one of those moms that say NO all of the time.. I usually don't unless I have a good reason, and when I say no, they know I really mean no. I thought it was really interesting that Ben said that answer.

But even though I say YES a lot.. you can obviously tell after this interview that I am not that favorite parent.. and that's O.K. (in a Stuart Smalls voice)

Timmy said...

Do you take requests? If so, I would like to see a questionnaire written by Ben & Luke and answered by their parents.