Kid Interview

An online friend interviewed her kids recently and shared the interview. I thought it was a great idea and decided to give it a go myself.

On December 29, 2011, I sat down each kid in front of my camera, separately, and asked them questions about me while recorded their responses. Here is a combined transcript:

What is something mommy always says to you?

Carley: Clean your room.

Josh: I love you.

What makes mom happy?

Carley: when the house is clean.

Josh: Hugging her.

What makes mom sad?

Carley: When the house is a pig sty.

Josh: Um. (thinks) We don’t.. we always leave stuff around the house.

How does mom make you laugh?

Carley: (hesitation) By doing silly faces.

Josh: Tickles me.

What was mom like as a child?

Carley: She was the old sister and took care of her baby sisters.

Josh: She had to take care of her younger sisters.

How old is mom?

Carley: Thirty-something.

Josh: Uh, 38?

How tall is mom?

Carley: Uh. (Shrugs) I don’t know.

Josh: Uh, I don’t go around and measure people.

What is mom’s favorite thing to do?

Carley: Relax.

Josh: Photography.

What does mom do when you’re not around?

Carley: Go to school. Well, she used to go to school.

Josh: Uh. (pauses) I don’t know.

If mom were to become famous, what would it be for?

Carley: For our family.

Josh: Photography.

What is mom really good at?

Carley: Being a good mom.

Josh: Taking care of the family.

 What is mom not very good at?

Carley: (thinks and pauses) She’s no mea... She’s not as mean that much so I don’t really know.

Josh: (thinks and pauses) There’s nothing she’s not that good.

What does mom do for her job?

Carley: Take care of the kids when dad is at work.

Josh: She doesn’t have a job, yet. She just graduated from college.

What is mom’s favorite food?

Carley: Uh. Chinese food?

Josh: I don’t know.

What makes you most proud of mommy?

Carley: Taking care of us.

Josh: That she is my mom. And. Yeah, that she is my mom.

If mommy were a cartoon character what would she be?

Carley: A super hero mommy.

Josh: (rubs chin and thinks) There is no cartoon character that is equivalent to my mom.

What do you and mom do together?

Carley: Do the girl dance.

Josh: We go to the park and sometimes play family games together.

How are you and mom the same?

Carley: We’re both girls and we both like to get pedicures and manicures.

Josh: We have… (thinks) I don’t know. Oh! We’re related.

How are you and mom different?

Carley: Because shes’ older than me and she likes to do more old stuff than me.

Josh: We’re the opposite sex.

How do you know your mom loves you?

Carley: Because she takes care of me and I know she loves me because she’s part of my family.

Josh: Because she takes care of us.

Where is mom’s favorite place to go?

Carley: The gym?

Josh:  (thinks) I don’t know. 

Carley was more willing to give an answer to every question. Josh was quicker to respond with "I don't know" when he really didn't know the answer.  They both know a messy, cluttered house can get under my skin! Although that doesn't seem to get them to clean more often. It seems like I should talk about other childhood memories other than caring for my sisters. And they should both know that my favorite food is sushi. 

I wish I would have started this when they were both younger. I think video taping interviews about anything could be a new tradition though.