From Their Perspective

Found this little "blog-tivity" on a great blog I read from another mom with five kids (we're out there!) and gave it whirl with four of mine.

You will get the impression from this post (unless you have been in my house) that I have an unusually clean house. This is so far from the case that I can't quite express how untrue that impression would be. But these are their true and unaltered answers. Enjoy!


1. What is something mom always says to you?

Lola: I love you.
Elizabeth: Clean up.
Vincenzo: Clean up.
Samuel: Clean your room.

2. What makes mom happy?

L: Laughing. and Dancing.
E: Making picture frames.
V: The most cleaned up rooms.
S: Me wrestling with my brother.

3. What makes mom sad?

L: Being mad.
E: Not cleaning up.
V: No clean rooms.
S: When I don’t eat the food she serves me.

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

L: Being funny.
E: When you draw pictures that are goofy.
V: That’s a bad question. Nothing.
S: She tickles me.

5. What was your mom like as a child?

L: Kind.
E: having blond hair.
V: She had a funny dad.
S: IDK.

6. How old is your mom?

They all got it right!

7. How tall is your mom?

IDK
IDK
6’ 2”
5’3”

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

L: Cuddle.
E: Going to Pizza Roma and eating pizza.
V: Make children clean up.
S: Watch me play sports.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

L: Work.
E: Work.
V: Types on a computer all day long.
S: Cleans the house.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

L: Being good.
E: Doing clean up and work.
V: The most cleaned up rooms.
S: Being the mom of a professional soccer player.

11. What is your mom really good at?

L: Cleaning.
E: Saying goofy words to froggy.
V: Yelling at kids.
S: Working.

12. What is your mom not very good at?

L: Soccer.
E: Not cleaning up.
V: Catching Lu when she’s running.
S: Playing soccer.

13. What does your mom do for her job?

L: IDK
E: play on computers
V: Works at IDS. That’s a very boring question.
S: Works at IDS.

14. What is your mom's favorite food?

L: Paella.
E: Pizza with sauce on it.
V: Paella.
S: Paella.

15. What makes you proud of your mom?

L: That she loves me.
E: Reading books to me.
V: She makes delicious desserts.
S: That she’s my mom.

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

L: Wilma.
E: Rosie the Riveter.
V: Wonder Woman
S: Super Mom

17. What do you and your mom do together?

L: We pick flowers.
E: Read stories.
V: Argue.
S: Drive each other crazy.

18. How are you and your mom the same?

L: We look the same.
E: We both have hair and I have a tiny bit of blond in mine and you have blondish brownish and I have blond on the ends.
V: We both argue.
S: We have the same blood in our viens.

19. How are you and your mom different?

L: We have different blood.
E: We don’t wear the same clothes.
V: I don’t like cleaning up and you do.
S: She’s a female and I’m a male.

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

L: Because she always loves me and because she always gets food for me.
E: Because she always kisses me and God reminds me.
V: She makes delicious desserts.
S: She says it.

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

L: Her bed.
E: The refrigerator.
V: Zachary’s Pizza
S: Barnes and Noble.

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