Ask your kids. Share! Today!
Desmond, age 9, and Lydia, age 10, say...
1. What is something Mumma always says to you?
D: Ummmm....hmmmmm...I dunno. "Hi."
L: "Do your homework!"
2. What makes Mumma happy?
D: When I do my homework.
L: Listening to old records.
3. What makes Mumma sad?
D: Watching TV. [I think he means, him watching TV, not me sitting there and blubbering. But who's to say.]
L: If someone in her family dies.
4. What does your Mumma do that makes you laugh?
D: I don't think I remember anything.
L: Comment on weird things.
5. What was your Mumma like as a child?
D: I don't know.
L: No glasses, short...that's all I can think of.
6. How old is your Mumma?
D: 44...?
L: 45!
7. How tall is your Mumma?
D: 53 inches. [Yeaah.]
L: 5 foot 2? [Still, no.]
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
D: Make quilts.
L: Lie around and sleep, and watch "General Hospital."
9. What does your Mumma do when you're not around?
D: Talk to adults.
L: Sleep. And work.
10. If your Mumma becomes famous, what will it be for?
D: Making quilts.
L: For being a great genealogist, I think.
11. What is your Mumma really good at?
D: Cooking.
L: Cooking dinner.
12. What is your Mumma not very good at?
D: Chopping down trees.
L: Playing sports.
13. What does your Mumma do for a job?
D: Work at a store.
L: Work at a fabric and scrapbooking store.
14. What is your Mumma's favorite food?
D: Pizza.
L: Yodels and tea.
15.What makes you proud of your Mumma?
D: There's so many things!
L: Proud that she's my mom.
16. If your Mumma were a cartoon character, who would she be?
D: Truffles from "Chowder."
L: Truffles, because she's cranky and old--sorry to say that--and she has glasses.
17. What do you and your Mumma do together?
D: Make scrapbooks.
L: Look up the past of our ancestors.
18. How are you and your Mumma the same?
D: We both watch TV...
L: We're both girls...and I have the same eye color as her.
19. How are you and your Mumma different?
D: She makes dinner.
L: I don't wear glasses, but she does.
20. How do you know your Mumma loves you?
D: Because she hugs me.
L: Because I am her child and she loves me very much.
21. Where is your Mumma's favorite place?
D: Bowdoin.
L: New Jersey or New York because her brother lives there and she used to.
Desmond, age 9, and Lydia, age 10, say...
1. What is something Mumma always says to you?
D: Ummmm....hmmmmm...I dunno. "Hi."
L: "Do your homework!"
2. What makes Mumma happy?
D: When I do my homework.
L: Listening to old records.
3. What makes Mumma sad?
D: Watching TV. [I think he means, him watching TV, not me sitting there and blubbering. But who's to say.]
L: If someone in her family dies.
4. What does your Mumma do that makes you laugh?
D: I don't think I remember anything.
L: Comment on weird things.
5. What was your Mumma like as a child?
D: I don't know.
L: No glasses, short...that's all I can think of.
6. How old is your Mumma?
D: 44...?
L: 45!
7. How tall is your Mumma?
D: 53 inches. [Yeaah.]
L: 5 foot 2? [Still, no.]
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
D: Make quilts.
L: Lie around and sleep, and watch "General Hospital."
9. What does your Mumma do when you're not around?
D: Talk to adults.
L: Sleep. And work.
10. If your Mumma becomes famous, what will it be for?
D: Making quilts.
L: For being a great genealogist, I think.
11. What is your Mumma really good at?
D: Cooking.
L: Cooking dinner.
12. What is your Mumma not very good at?
D: Chopping down trees.
L: Playing sports.
13. What does your Mumma do for a job?
D: Work at a store.
L: Work at a fabric and scrapbooking store.
14. What is your Mumma's favorite food?
D: Pizza.
L: Yodels and tea.
15.What makes you proud of your Mumma?
D: There's so many things!
L: Proud that she's my mom.
16. If your Mumma were a cartoon character, who would she be?
D: Truffles from "Chowder."
L: Truffles, because she's cranky and old--sorry to say that--and she has glasses.
17. What do you and your Mumma do together?
D: Make scrapbooks.
L: Look up the past of our ancestors.
18. How are you and your Mumma the same?
D: We both watch TV...
L: We're both girls...and I have the same eye color as her.
19. How are you and your Mumma different?
D: She makes dinner.
L: I don't wear glasses, but she does.
20. How do you know your Mumma loves you?
D: Because she hugs me.
L: Because I am her child and she loves me very much.
21. Where is your Mumma's favorite place?
D: Bowdoin.
L: New Jersey or New York because her brother lives there and she used to.
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