An interview with a Three Year Old

Its official: my baby is three years old. After being too excited to fall asleep the night before, he awoke to what I think was a wonderful day. Breakfast on the Happy Birthday plate, fun with friends at the park, helping to make and decorate his cake, talking with all kinds of relatives on the phone and then dinner at a surprise super cool restaurant (as we pulled in he said "look! Airplanes!") then back home for presents and cake.

Somewhere in there I manged to start what I hope will be a tradition, inspired by a friend of mine who is doing the same - interviewing the birthday boy. I took the idea and the questions from her but they're floating around cyberspace as well.

I was a bit skeptical that this would work. I figured he'd blow me off by giving nonsense answers or just running around yelling. And there was a bit of that, as you'll see. But I was really struck by some of his answers as well.

So without further ado...an interview with a Three Year Old.

Favorites:

• cereal- Kix and milk
• vegetable- carrots and lettuce
• drink- apple juice
• toy- fun toys
• TV Show- Cars
• game- hocky.  No, golf.
• book- fun books
• restaurant- Fun ones.  Red Apple is a fun one
• holiday- winter when its snowy
• animal- this one (points to a picture of a purple horse which he says is NOT a horsey)

If you could change your name, what would you choose? Why? What do you mean?

What do you love about each person in our family? Daddy – I don’t know (shyly); Mommy – you have lots of love for me; B – because he’s my buddy.

What is something mom always says to you? Rockabye baby on the tree top

What makes mom happy? Um, I don’t know. Loving you. (climbs on my lap)

What makes mom sad? When you’re not with me.

How does mom make you laugh? By jumping on the bed (Hmmm...except, I don't . Projection, possibly?)

What was your mom like as a child? I don't know. Goo goo. Doody moody go mmmmm ack ack ack (pretends to bite my leg)

How old is your mom? 1 year old

How tall is your mom? BIG!

What is her favorite thing to do? I don’t know…cook? (ah...not at all)

What does your mom do when you're not around? I don’t know – what?

What is your mom really good at? Cleaning up the house (well, if practice makes perfect...)

What is your mom not very good at? Cooking? (I can't deny it. But then, why the answer up above?)

What does your mom do for a job? I don’t know.

What is your mom's favorite food? Mac and cheese (Ha ha! That's projection again.)

What makes you proud of your mom? Because you’re my mommy.

If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? I don’t know. Um. Ernie. Or Bert! But if you would be on TV, I would be lonely.

What do you and your mom do together? Go to the bakery. Read books.

How are you and your mom the same? Well, we kind of have sprinkles (points to moles on his leg – we’ve just frosted his cake with sprinkles).

How are you and your mom different? We are black and white and blue and goo and black and (starts flailing around)

How do you know your mom loves you? I don’t know. Just because she loves you.

What does your mom like most about your dad? I don’t know.

Where is your mom's favorite place to go? To the sewing place? Do you like that? (Oh the irony! I hate the sewing place! My own mother used to drag me there for hours and when I got older I finally wised up and made her calculate how long we spent there and then pay me back by spending that long in the store of my choice. How does A even know about the sewing place? Oh wait...Grandma.)

Is there anything else you want to say that I can write here? Um…I don’t have any things.

And there you have it.