What is something daddy always says to you?
“I love you.”

What makes daddy happy?
Me, and animals, and other stuff.

What makes daddy sad?
Well…when I am sad that makes my Dad sad.

How does your daddy make you laugh?
By tickling me and telling me jokes.

What did your daddy like to do when she was a child?
He liked to play games, I think.

How old is your daddy?
26?

How tall is your daddy?
145 feet.

What is his favorite thing to watch on TV?
Golf and football and racing and Madagascar and shuttle launches.

What does your daddy do when you’re not around?
Watch TV and do work.

If your daddy becomes famous, what will it be for?
Because…he…he’s, um…because he’s good at singing songs, and he’s good at…everything!

What is your daddy really good at?
Watching TV and…everything!

What is your daddy not very good at?
He’s not very good at…let’s see…I forget. I know! He’s not very good at making airplanes. At least I think that.

What does your daddy do for her job?
He works on the ship.

What is your daddy ’s favorite food?
Um…savway goon? I don’t know what that is, I just made it up. Daddy likes…hot dogs and hamburgers and everything!

What makes you proud of your daddy?
I don’t know what that means.

What makes you happy that he is your daddy?
It makes me happy when…he buys me candy.

If your daddy were a cartoon character, who would he be?
Jerry (from Tom & Jerry)

What do you and your daddy do together?
We play games and tell stories. Sometimes we move the car and Daddy lets me ride in the front seat but only in the driveway. We go to the store, we wash the van, we do lots of stuff!

How are you and your daddy the same?
We’re alike because we both like cake!

How are you and your daddy different?
We’re different because daddy likes watching football and I like watching Imagination Movers.

How do you know your daddy loves you?
I know he loves me because he gives me hugs and kisses and shoulder rides.

What does your daddy like most about your mommy?
He likes her because she makes the best cakes ever!

Where is your daddy ’s favorite place to go?
In-N-Out.

If you think this sounds familiar, that’s because I asked Annalie the same questions about me last month. I think it’s funny that some of her answers are almost identical. Also, you’d think from this interview that around here we do nothing but sit around and watch TV, which isn’t true. Mostly we sit around and play on our computers. Ha!

1. Being a mom has made me more patient. I guess I was never a super-impatient person, but now that I deal with a crying, tantruming, or just plain not-in-a-hurry child on a regular basis I’ve developed a well of patience I never imagined I’d possess. That has spilled over into other parts of my life and made me calmer and less prone to hysterics in general.

2. Being a mom has deepened my friendships with other moms. I know it’s annoying to hear this when you don’t have kids—believe me, I used to be one of those kid-less people rolling her eyes at things like what I’m about to say—but when you become a mom it’s like being admitted into a big club where you can always find like-minded people to commiserate or laugh with, whether they’re your age or ten years younger or fifty years older.

3. I have someone to color and paint and craft with! even before I had kids, I always had a drawer full of craft supplies (64-boxes of crayons, markers in every color of the rainbow, glitter, glue, construction paper) that I’d occasionally pull out to make a birthday card or entertain kids I was babysitting. Now, I have a big tall bookcase full of craft supplies and a kid who likes gluing and painting with me.

4. I love getting to see people I love reflected in Annalie. In particular, I have an entirely new view of my brother as a kid. Ben is only 17 months younger than I am, and when we were kids he lived to push my buttons. He was a happy kid, always laughing and goofing around, which for some reason annoyed me to no end. He and my mom used to get the giggles in church, laughing helplessly the more they tried to stop, while I got embarrassed. (That is how I remember it. My mom says I was not as serious a kid as I seem to think I was.) Now, I see a lot of my brother in Annalie. She loves to be silly, just like Ben did. Looking back now, I can see that he must have been a really fun kid for my mom to have around, and that when he was being silly with me he was mostly just trying to get me to join in the fun.

5. I love knowing that I have the funniest, smartest kid in the world. This is a cliche, of course; every parent knows that her child is the best ever. And it’s totally true for every single kid.

(Are all the other moms gone now? Okay, c’mere and I’ll tell you a secret…all their kids are very sweet and cute and all, but Annalie really IS the funniest and smartest kid ever. Don’t tell them I told you, or their feelings would be hurt!)

I wrote this post because I was tagged by Angella for a meme about motherhood, involving 80 clicks around the world. I’m supposed to tag moms in a wide variety of places, so I’m tagging:

Bonnie of zebrabelly.com – Southern California
Jen of Hey, Mrs. Wilson! – Saskatchewan, Canada
Celia of Mendez Crisis – Canary Islands
Aileen of One Scrappy Gal – Connecticut
Sonja of girl with green card – Southern California, but in Germany on vacation at the moment!

If I didn’t tag you but you want to play along, consider yourself tagged.

What is something mommy always says to you?
“I love you.”

What makes mommy happy?
If I do what you say.

What makes mommy sad?
If I don’t answer you, if I don’t love you, if I don’t listen to you, if I grow up and move away forever.

How does your mommy make you laugh?
By tickling me! Tickle me, please!

What did your mommy like to do when she was a child?
Play Simon Says! [?]

How old is your mommy?
25

How tall is your mommy?
[Measures me with her hand as I sit on the floor] This tall when you’re sitting down. I can’t know how tall you are unless you stand up.

What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
Star Wars.

What does your mommy do when you’re not around?
Paint a mug and a bowl and a plate.

If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
Because, uh…um…uhhhhhh…because you like a lot of people?

What is your mommy really good at?
Crocheting!

What is your mommy not very good at?
Hm, you’re not very good at…hmm…I don’t wanna say you’re not very good at making a cake, that would hurt your feelings. And besides, I think you’re the best cake-maker I ever saw! Welllll…I guess…some people are better at knitting than you are. But that’s okay, Mom.

What does your mommy do for her job?
You protect me.

What is your mommy ’s favorite food?
Chinese food.

What makes you proud of your mommy?
What makes me proud of you is that you love me a whole lot!

If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
You would be Jerry. And I would be Tom!

What do you and your mommy do together?
Sometimes we make cake and cookies and muffins and frost them together.

How are you and your mommy the same?
We both like watching TV a lot.

How are you and your mommy different?
We’re different because you like to do boring things and I like to do fun things. Can I pretend I’m a doggie and say woof to the questions? No? Okay.

How do you know your mommy loves you?
Because you help me when I need you.

What does your mommy like most about your daddy?
I think you like him because he’s nice and tall, and he can reach some things you can’t!

Where is your mommy ’s favorite place to go?
Paint ‘N Pottery.

I think this was a Facebook meme originally, but I first saw it at Wannabe Hippie and Zebrabelly.