We recently came across these interview questions on Facebook. Seemed like a fun thing to do. We first three interviews in January, but Maggie wasn’t interested in answering the daddy questions back then. She grudgingly agreed to give it a go during spring break, on March 23.
| Mama |
Daddy | |||
| Griffin | Maggie | Griffin | Maggie | |
| What is something I always say to you? | Stop. | Clean up. | When I say, “Do you want to play a game,” you say, “Yeah, sure.” | I don’t know. |
| What makes me happy? |
When I do stuff for you. | Clean up. | When I play with you. | Saying, “Please can you play with me?” |
| What makes me sad? | When I mess up the house. | When I accidentally break something. | When I mess up the house. | When me and Griffin do bad things. Like break glass. |
| How do I make you laugh? | By tickling me! | We sing silly things! | By tickling me! | By saying funny things. |
| What was I like as a child? | Mischief! | I don’t know! | You didn’t have a CD player. | Shrug. |
| How old am I? | 39 | I don’t know. | 44 | I forgot. Twenty? No. Not twenty. Twenty-four? No. Are you twenty-four? |
| How tall am I? | I don’t know! | REALLY tall! | I didn’t measure you. I’m guessing it might be like four feet, maybe, no… five feet. | Super tall! |
| What is my favorite thing to do? | Play with me! | Watch TV! | Play with me. | Play! |
| What do I do when you’re not around? |
Go to the store. |
Work. |
Go to school. |
Do computer work. |
| What am I really good at? | Typing on the computer. | Clean up with me. |
Making pannakukken. |
Shrug. |
| What is something I’m not good at? | Going under your bed. |
Not cleaning up. |
Reading Chinese. |
I don’t know. |
| What do I do for a job? | Take care of Maggie. | Something. | Go to work. |
To clean up dinner. To clean up the dishes. |
| What is my favorite food? |
Cheese kabook… what is that thing? You know that thing that Grandma and Grandpa make with cheese or apples? [Strudel] | I don’t know! | Pannakukken. | Sausage! Or raspberries. |
| What do you enjoy doing with me? | Playing Mille Bornes! | Playing! | Playing Rat-A-Tat-Cat. | Play! Frozen spot-it. |