A big thank you to Drench Rainwear and Weaver Distribution for providing the raincoats and umbrellas in this post. We West Coast gals need good quality rain gear. It’s wet out here!
Would you trust that side-eye?
Fall has snuck up on me. I’ll admit it.
We didn’t really get to soak up much of the summer (or the uncharacteristic hot weather), because I was up-to-my-elbows in house renovations, boxes, and just being a gong-show in general.
And suddenly, it’s Fall. The rain is coming down, and the girls are carrying backpacks and umbrellas with them to school.
Lila has started Kindergarten. KINDERGARTEN.
What happened!?!? I’m packing lunches and checking her bag for notices and all of a sudden, I’m in the daily routine of life.
I was having one of those Mama Bear moments… fussing over the girls and thinking about how much the girls have changed even in the past year… when I remembered the interview I had with them over a year ago.
I re-read it, laughed, and decided to do it again. This time, with the same questions.
A year makes a BIG difference when you’re 4 and 5. But thankfully, the innocence and sweetness has stuck with them.
An Interview with my Children: 2014
How old am I?
Lila: You’re….
Lucy: THIRTY-TWO!
Lila: That’s not very nice, Lulu. It’s MY TURN!
What is my job?
Lila: Take caring of us.
Lucy: Ummmm….. I know… you do the rules.
What do I do with my friends?
Lila: You got out for dinner sometimes and you go out for Starbucks sometimes.
Lucy: You… play.
What is my favourite food?
Lila: I think it is… Indian.
Lucy: Why don’t you just tell me? Just give me a little hint? Is it…. What do you really have so much? Ummm….. pizza?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Lila: I’m going to be a rock star.
Lucy: A fireman.
What is the meaning of life?
Lila: I think is it… that… being a friend.
Lucy: I don’t know.
What are you afraid of?
Lila: I’m afraid of people being mean to me.
Lucy: Monsters.
If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
Lila: American Girl Doll (she said with NO hesitation)
Lucy: I’d wish for a Jack-In-The-Box.
What is the hardest thing to do?
Lila: Climb a tree… a plum tree
Lucy: To get stuff by myself (This is very true. I’ve never seen this kid get her own anything… she just whines until my ears start bleeding and I crack under the pressure)
What brings you the most happiness?
Lila: People sharing and caring with other people. And then they are sharing and caring of me.
Lucy: Something that I really like. Do you know what my favourite show is? Yo Gabba Gabba.
When do you feel the most loved?
Lila: When people kiss and hug me.
Lucy: When I give you hugs and kisses.
Hugs and kisses for everyone.
If you haven’t done it before, interview your children. They might surprise you.
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14 comments
Jamie
OMG these questions are the best. Love the answers too! I laughed out loud on the ‘what is the hardest thing to do’. My ears bleed all the time too haha. We need new rain jackets!! Off to check it out 😉
Hugs, Jamie
Tara
Oh, my ears are always bleeding from the whining. It’s like jagged glass. 😉
Marilyn
Tara, I LOVE this interview. I wish I had done more of this when my kiddos were little. When my daughter was 3, she said that I was 4, her dad was 5 and that Grandpa was 7! LOVE kids!
Tara
I love them, too. Lucy would probably say I was 6, but Lila is one of those black-and-white kids. She’s known my age since she was probably knocking on three years old. Such a serious kidlet. 🙂
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama
This is absolutely adorable!! The rain jackets and umbrellas are pretty cute, too!! Thanks for sharing, I definitely need to interview my daughter now!
Tara
You should. I think that yearly interviews should be a thing (moreso than the yearly picture) – it gives such a snapshot of where they are in their lives! I want to make this a tradition!
Shari
Oh man those two are adorable… might have to try this with my kiddos… although not sure I will get much in the way of answers yet from Hayden…
Tara
Definitely do it. I just remembered last year’s answers, and thought, “Hell, I have to try this again.”
You should have seen their faces when I asked, “What is the meaning of life?”
amy @ one artsy mama
I love this! I totally want to ask LC these questions when he gets home from school today!! So adorable!
Tara
Oh, you should do it! Some of their answers are SO surprising!
Melanie
Aww…this interview is so sweet! And that rain gear is the cutest!
Tara
Thanks so much, Melanie! It was fun quizzing them this year.
Kadie
Last Mother’s Day our church did something like this. I loved getting the answers from my kiddos. One of them thought I was 100 years old and they all talked about my spaghetti {apparently I make killer spaghetti}. But my 9 year old daughter took the cake she drew a pic of me with blond highlights, a scarf, earrings, and highheels….oh she knows her mother too well. lol I would like to make it a yearly tradition too, it’s so fun to see their view of the world.
We also totally need new rain gear! It rains a ton in the fall/winter here. The umbrellas are awesome!
Sky
Oh my goodness, this tugs at my heart! I want to know what my boys will say- well thought out questions. And oh my goodness- cutest rain coats! Those butterflies on the purple no doubt make her want to just live in that thing- they are truly adorable girls 🙂