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Thought it would be fun to share the embarrassment – I mean FUN! 😉

ALL ABOUT DAD

J1=14 yob, J2=12 yob, J3=8yob

1. What is something dad always says to you?
J1 – I need it quiet

J2 – Obey your mother

J3 – Clean up your bedroom

2. What makes dad happy?
J1 – A quiet home

J2 – When we don’t make silly noises

J3 – If we kiss him

3. What makes dad sad?
J1 – coming home to a mess

J2 – grownups don’t cry

J3 – he doesn’t really cry

4. How does your dad do to make you laugh?
J1 – tickle us or crack a joke

J2 – dancing funny

J3 – make funny sounds

5. What was your dad like as a child?
J1 – very sick but smart

J2 – sad probably cause he had to work a lot

J3 – he was sick

6. How old is your dad?
J1 – 43

J2 – 43

J3 – 53

7. How tall is your dad?
J1 – 5′ 4”

J2 – 53

J3 – 5′ 4”

8. What is his favorite thing to do?
J1 – Play on the computer

J2 – Play Lord of the Rings game

J3 – build stuff

9. What does your dad do when you’re not around?
J1 – Work at school

J2 – Play the computer

J3 – Does fun stuff

10. If your dad becomes famous, what will it be for?
J1 – because of him being smart

J2 – 4^th grade teacher

J3 – his school

11. What is your dad really good at?
J1 – preaching

J2 – playing Lord of the Rings

J3 – building stuff

12. What is your dad not very good at?
J1 – building computers

J2 – Playing video games

J3 – fixing a car engine

13. What does your dad do for a job?
J1 – work at school

J2 – teach school

J3 – school

14.What is your dad’s favorite food?
J1 – Ramen

J2 – Pizza

J3 – KFC

15.What makes you proud of your dad?
J1 – how smart he is

J2 – He’s proud of us

J3 – He helps kids do school

16. If your dad were a cartoon character, who would he be?
J1 – one of those come-home-tired-dad characters

J2 – Elmer Fudd

J3 – Daffy Duck (because he sounds like him)

17. What do you and your dad do together?
J1 – watch tv or take a drive

J2 – talk

J3 – we build stuff together

18. How are you and your dad the same?
J1 – we both like to joke around and talk

J2 – we like making fires

J3 – he tells funny jokes like me

19. How are you and your dad different?
J1 – I haven’t studied as much as he has

J2 – I like fishing, he doesn’t anymore

J3 – he’s older

20. How do you know your dad loves you?
J1 – He’s willing to hang out with us

J2 – He gets us stuff sometimes

J3 – He get us stuff sometimes

21. What does your dad like most about your mom?
J1 – the fact that she’s his wife and a beautiful young woman. That’s what I’d guess he’d say.

J2 – she is nice to him and helps him

J3 – He loves her

22. Where is your dad’s favorite place to go?

J1 – Sutter’s Fort

J2 – Target

J3 – Camping

Found this at Perri’s blog – and I thought it would be fun to do wtih the boys, but now I’m wondering if it will actually be scary!

All about mom

J1 age 14, J2 age 12, J3 age 8…JGirl is too little….all her answers would be “Ma!” so we’ll wait a few yeas for her to answer! 😉

Added my answers in purple

1. What is something mom always says to you?
J1 – Go to bed.

J2 – Do your schoolwork

J3 – Clean up your bedroom

Me – yeah, pretty much! 😉

2. What makes mom happy?
J1 -chocolate

J2 – chocolate

J3 – kissing her

Me – yeah, pretty much! 😉

3. What makes mom sad?
J1 -not getting chocolate

J2 – not doing what she says

J3 – not doing what’s right

Surprised no one mentioned Joshua.  But I guess that’s ok.

4. How does your mom do to make you laugh?
J1 -I don’t know

J2 – I don’t know

J3 -Make jokes

Note to self – more tickling!
5. What was your mom like as a child?
J1 -I don’t know

J2 – I don’t know

J3 – she like Grammy’s Angel Coffee

6. How old is your mom?
J1 -35

J2 – 30

J3 – (shrugs) maybe 40

Me – 42

7. How tall is your mom?
J1 – 5′

J2 – 50

J3 – maybe 82

Me – 5′ 4″
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
J1 -not work

J2 – knitting

J3 – play with me

J2 is the winner!
9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
J1 –work on her computer

J2 – work

J3 – she does fun stuff

I either knit or sleep!
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
J1 –for how fast she can type

J2 – being on tv

J3 – help get money for other people

I never, ever want to be famous!

11. What is your mom really good at?
J1 – her job

J2 – knitting

J3 – the computer

Me – yeah, pretty much! 😉
12. What is your mom not very good at?
J1 – building a house

J2 – making people laugh

J3 – fixing cars

Me – yeah, pretty much! 😉
13. What does your mom do for a job?
J1 -work for a magazine

J2 – work on computer

J3 – do stuff on the computer

Hmm…guess all that laundry, meal preparation, house cleaning is’t work??

14.What is your mom’s favorite food?
J1 -Chinese

J2 – Salad

J3 – Subway

I really am NOT a salad fan!

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
J1 – she’s fun and loving

J2 – she helps us

J3 – she’s nice

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
J1 -a busy mom

J2 – Marge, from the Simpson’s

J3 – The invisible girl on Fantastic Four

17. What do you and your mom do together?
J1 -go to the park

J2 – do schoolwork

J3 – play cards

18. How are you and your mom the same?
J1 – we both like chocolate

J2 – we like to watch tv

J3 – we have the same kind of voice

19. How are you and your mom different?
J1 – She’s the boss and I’m not

J2 – I don’t like chocolate

J3 – she’s older than me

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
J1 -She’s willing to give up things for me

J2 – She helps me work

J3 – She gets stuff for me sometimes

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
J1 – his jokes

J2 – he gets her gifts

J3 – he does stuff funny

Me – yeah, pretty much! 😉

22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?
J1 –Baskin Robbins

J2 – Chinese restaurant

J3 – the store to buy chocolate

No one said Yarn store!! lol

When we were all done, I said “Wow, I’m really amazed how much you boys don’t know about me!” J1 replied “That’s because we don’t have time to talk…let’s forget school and just talk, mom!”

Uh, no! 😉