This set of questions comes from my friends’ blog. I’ve seen her do it before, but as I’ve been thinking about writing about the kids, vs writing for the kids, I thought interviews with them would be fun for them to see themselves represented in their own words.
Seamus at Eight Years Old
- favorite color: red
- favorite food: clam chowder
- favorite dessert: ice cream
- favorite thing to do: play soccer
- favorite video game: Dragonlands
- favorite subject in school: math
- favorite book: Middle School vs. My Life
What is the meaning of life?
- to create more humans
What do you want to be when you grow up?
- an engineer
What makes you happy?
- playing with my friends
What are you afraid of?
- I don’t know.
If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
- to get more Christmas presents than my brother.
What is the funniest word?
- woo-she-gaga
What is the hardest thing to do?
- running around blind in the night
What is the easiest thing to do?
- breathe
What is the best thing in the world?
- Toys or Toy’r’us
What is the worst thing in the world?
- Gilbert
What makes you mad?
- Gilbert when he’s messing around–when he’s wins a game he celebrates and says, “You lost, you lost!”
What is the meaning of love?
- happiness
If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it?
- Spend some on toys. Save the rest.
Gilbert at Seven Years Old
- favorite color: blue
- favorite food: waffles
- favorite dessert: ice cream
- favorite thing to do: play Pokemon
- favorite video game: Pokemon
- favorite subject in school: math
- favorite book series: Harry Potter
What is the meaning of life?
- Cause I wanted humans to be in the world.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
- I don’t know.
What makes you happy?
- Pokemon cards.
What are you afraid of?
- nothing
If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
- every Pokemon in the world
What is the funniest word?
- woo-she-gaga
What is the hardest thing to do?
- to eat 12 boxes of cereal in 5 minutes
What is the easiest thing to do?
- eat in a box of cereal in 5 minutes
What is the best thing in the world?
- Pokemon
What is the worst thing in the world?
- My feet.
What makes you mad?
- Seamus when he annoys me.
What is the meaning of love?
- giggle–giggle-giggle (no answer)
If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it?
- Save it.
Porter at Three Years Old–In his own words.
- favorite color: blue
- favorite food: noodles and soy sauce
- favorite dessert: brownies and cookies like Cookie Monster
- favorite thing to do: make cookies
- favorite video game: Robin Hood
- favorite subject in school: eat food (snacktime)
- favorite book: Robin Hood, and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
What is the meaning of life?
- I don’t know.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
- an M&M
What makes you happy?
- soy sauce
What are you afraid of?
- a lion, and the dark when I go in the dark
If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
- a donkey!
What is the funniest word?
- woo-she-gaga! (From Olivia and the Missing Toy)
What is the hardest thing to do?
- make a Christmas tree
What is the easiest thing to do?
- make Harlan’s Head
What is the best thing in the world?
- Make toys
What is the worst thing in the world?
- make toys
What makes you mad?
- Harlan stealing my toys.
What is the meaning of love?
- Make toys
If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it?
- Make Toys
Harlan at One Year
- favorite color: blue
- favorite food: peanut butter, cheese
- favorite dessert: anything!
- favorite thing to do: put balls in the dump truck
- favorite book: Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
- Dada or ME!
What makes you happy?
- big GRIN
What are you afraid of?
- Mama leaving the house.
What is the funniest word?
- WAH! (Then he laughs!)
Academic Leigh Speaking 
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