Interview With A Five-Year-Old
"Jude, do you want to help me with my blog post today?"
"Okay, what do I do?"
"I'll ask you questions, and you answer them, 'kay?"
"Okay."
Mommy: What is your favourite colour?
Jude: Green!
Mommy: Why?
Jude: Because I like that colour best!
Mommy: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Jude: A cheetah, because I like to be fast like them!
Mommy: Do you like any other animals?
Jude: Hmm... Deers, foxes, and wolfs...that's all the animals that I like. And a honey bear, and a grizzly bear, too. That's all the animals that I like.
Mommy: What about lions?
Jude: (nodding head) Yeah, and tigers, too. That's all the animals I like, too. I forgot those ones.
Mommy: How do you show love for your brothers?
Jude: Be nice.
Mommy: What do you mean by "being nice?"
Jude: Don't push, don't punch, don't hit, give them a hug and kiss...
Mommy: If you could be anyone in a movie or book, who would you be?
Jude: Like a cowboy, I think. I think like a pirate. I think like a crown...
Mommy: A crown? Like a king or a prince you mean? (Blank look from Jude.) You want to be the actual crown? (Jude nods his head.) Okay.* What is your favourite food?
Jude: Pancakes and muffins and doughnuts.
Mommy: O-kay... (What is this kid, a carb-aholic? I think. Another part of my brain says, Um,... duh! Yeah!)
(Jude laughing.)
Jude: ...and pie. (Laughs some more.) I was just tricking ya. Just pancakes. And doughnuts.
Mommy: Okay. (Shakes head, laughing.)
Jude: Mom, there's a computer on my head! (His fingers are tickling his hair. Mommy laughs.)
Mommy: Okay, I think we're just about done. What do you want to go do now?
Jude: Hmm...Go pick a movie.
Mommy: What movie?
Jude: Hmmm...I would pick like...
(Noah, finally finished working with his aide for the day, walks in with Madame Blueberry clutched in his fist.)
Noah: Zis one!
I guess that settles it. Talk about timing!
*Upon proof-reading, I realize that he was trying to say "clown." He never remembers how to say that one properly.
"Okay, what do I do?"
"I'll ask you questions, and you answer them, 'kay?"
"Okay."
Mommy: What is your favourite colour?
Jude: Green!
Mommy: Why?
Jude: Because I like that colour best!
Mommy: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Jude: A cheetah, because I like to be fast like them!
Mommy: Do you like any other animals?
Jude: Hmm... Deers, foxes, and wolfs...that's all the animals that I like. And a honey bear, and a grizzly bear, too. That's all the animals that I like.
Mommy: What about lions?
Jude: (nodding head) Yeah, and tigers, too. That's all the animals I like, too. I forgot those ones.
Mommy: How do you show love for your brothers?
Jude: Be nice.
Mommy: What do you mean by "being nice?"
Jude: Don't push, don't punch, don't hit, give them a hug and kiss...
Mommy: If you could be anyone in a movie or book, who would you be?
Jude: Like a cowboy, I think. I think like a pirate. I think like a crown...
Mommy: A crown? Like a king or a prince you mean? (Blank look from Jude.) You want to be the actual crown? (Jude nods his head.) Okay.* What is your favourite food?
Jude: Pancakes and muffins and doughnuts.
Mommy: O-kay... (What is this kid, a carb-aholic? I think. Another part of my brain says, Um,... duh! Yeah!)
(Jude laughing.)
Jude: ...and pie. (Laughs some more.) I was just tricking ya. Just pancakes. And doughnuts.
Mommy: Okay. (Shakes head, laughing.)
Jude: Mom, there's a computer on my head! (His fingers are tickling his hair. Mommy laughs.)
Mommy: Okay, I think we're just about done. What do you want to go do now?
Jude: Hmm...Go pick a movie.
Mommy: What movie?
Jude: Hmmm...I would pick like...
(Noah, finally finished working with his aide for the day, walks in with Madame Blueberry clutched in his fist.)
Noah: Zis one!
I guess that settles it. Talk about timing!
*Upon proof-reading, I realize that he was trying to say "clown." He never remembers how to say that one properly.
