Mommy

The Anti-poppyheads tagged me to get all my kids to answer these questions: It was a challenge, but hey I did it! Please note they aren't in age order, but in order of how I could catch them...

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Rachael -”I love you”
Bruce -”Get to work - do your chores”
Spencer- Who has (“the Sacrament”) bread?
Cora - Good Morning & Hi
Myra-it’s a beautiful day
Lilly- “You are NOT the Boss”
Holly-No
2. What makes mom happy?
Rachael -German beer drinking songs or gardening
Bruce - Her Man
Cora - Books
Spencer- When my brother is doing what he is suppose to!
Myra-When we help each other and we are kind
Lilly-when I do my chores and finish them with no help.
Holly-euwe
3. What makes mom sad?
Bruce - Disobedience
Rachael- Lilly not listening
Cora -When Daddy brings home M&M’s (Mommy can’t avoid them)
Spencer-When Holly falls down the stairs
Myra-When we are mean to each other and yell
Lilly-when I don’t tell my mom where I am going.(she leaves…)
Holly-hahahah
4. How does mom make you laugh?
Bruce - mentioning funny sounding diseases, or strange humor
Rachael - commenting on my kids doing silly things, saying something funny or tickling me
Cora- Tickling me
Spencer- She tickles me.
Lilly- by tickling me
Myra-By tickling me
Holly-yah! Ehda laaaa hahaha
5. What was mom like as a child?
Bruce - She hit things with trucks
Rachael- she was adventurous
Cora-young
Spencer- busy, flirtatious
Myra-I don’t remember - Happy?
Lilly-cute, pretty and really fun
Holly-badh
6. How old is your mom?
Bruce - 39
Rachael -39
Cora - 48
Spencer-20 (Bruce says he is a suck up!)
Lilly-45
Myra-38
Holly-mommah
7. How tall is your mom?
Bruce - Shorter than me
Rachael 5’ 7”¾”
Cora- Tall
Spencer- Shorter than me.
Myra-5 something - like over 5’6” or over 5’2”
Lilly-5 inches she holds out her hands about a foot apart and measures me and says I am 5 inches.
Holly-mah

8. What is your mom's favorite thing to do?
Bruce - Nag
Rachael - Garden
Cora - Make us do chores
Spencer-Listen to Mrs. Pollifax books on audio
Myra-Sew or listen to her tapes
Lilly- tickle me, and make me finish my chores. And make me go to school when I am not sick.
Holly-dow
9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
Bruce - Sleep - I don’t know
Rachael - read, Laundry I don’t know
Cora - She does Laundry
Spencer- sleep
Lilly - Looks for me
Myra-she does stuff- it varies
Holly- ew oh
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Bruce - Wedgieees!
Rachael - Sewing
Cora - Kissing people on the cheek
Spencer- Sewing
Myra-Sewing
Lilly-because she would be a star in a show - and be really famous - that is why she would be famous.
Holly- dat
11. What is your mom really good at?
Bruce - finding cookies
Rachael - Being a mom
Cora- Doing the garden
Spencer- Catching my brother reading
Myra-Being a Mother
Lilly- tickling me
Holly-doe
12. What is your mom not very good at?
Bruce - life in the twenty-first century
Rachael - playing video games
Cora-building a house
Spencer-playing Age of Empires
Myra-Whistling
Lilly-looking at peoples eyes when they do weird tricks with their eyeballs.
Holly-dah rah
13. What does your mom do for a job?
Bruce - cook
Rachael-she rushes around getting kids to places, and things.
Spencer- Sewing
Cora-being a mom
Myra-Mothering
Lilly- she does chore charts
Holly-maew
14. What is your mom's favorite food?
Rachael - Ribs
Bruce -Red beans and Rice
Spencer- M&M’s
Cora- Breakfast
Myra-Squash
Lilly-A sandwich with lettuce and tomato and bread that I don’t really like (lots of grains)
Holly-hahahahaha
15. What makes you proud of your mom?
Bruce - She is still there
Rachael-She is amazing
Spencer- She makes dinner, she does the laundry, and she drove me to school and back for two years.
Cora- She can sew
Myra-When she accomplishes a lot of her “house projects”
Lilly-She is beautiful!
Holly-ma hahahahaha
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Bruce - Elmo
Rachael - Minnie Mouse
Spencer-Daisy Duck
Cora-Superwoman
Lilly-she would be on PBS Kids -on a Ruff ruff man show
Myra-Rose is Rose (Newspaper funnies)
Holly-ehhahahaha
17. What do you and your mom do together?
Bruce - We eat dinner
Rachael - Walk in the mornings
Spencer- We have prayer together
Cora-brush my hair
Myra-Sometimes we go shopping together, & we cook dinner together
Lilly-we talk and play a little bit of games
Holly- (she holds me) dank you
18. How are you and your mom alike?
Bruce - Smiles
Rachael- We have the same color eyes
Spencer -we both have hair
Cora - we are both females
Myra- We both had blonde hair when we were little, we both have blue eyes, we are in the same family, and we are girls
Lilly-we both have fun
Holly-dath
19. How are you and your mom different?
Bruce- She is married, I’m not
Rachael - We don’t have the same skin or noses
Spencer-She is a Girl!
Cora-She doesn’t have brown eyes and I do
Myra-She is older than me.
Lilly-her eyes are kind of greenish, and she has lipstick and sometimes she puts the lipstick on!
Holly-ahhhhhhh!
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Bruce - She tells me that a lot!
Rachael- She gives me bear hug and kisses all the time
Spencer - She says it.
Cora- She gives me “raspberries” Kisses
Myra- She says IT! And she shows it!
Lilly- By hugging
Holly-pahhhh….