Asking Owen

I did this last year and felt it was time for an update.  

Owen, age 5, with his beloved Skylanders

1. What is your happiest memory? "Harold's birthday party at Coco Keys."

2. Why do you like being a kid? "Playing over there with the neighbors."

3. One word to describe you would be _______.   "Cute, I'm going with that one."

4. What advice would you give your parents? "Good advice about money.  Give it to me!"

5. What are you really good at? "running fast"

6. What are you not so good at?  "Hmmm...I'm not good at doing yoga."

7. What do you like to do for fun? "Play Skylanders Giants!"

 8. What is your favorite thing to do at school? Why? "Art projects because I like to draw."

9. What is your favorite thing to do with your friends? "I like to play stuff with them...just stuff."

10. What makes you cry? "Getting yelled at."

11. What is the nicest thing you have done for someone? "I did all my work at school for Ms. Debbie"

12. What do you think you will be doing 10 years from now? "homework"

13 What do you want to be when you are an adult?  "toy designer"

14. What would be the ideal allowance? Tell me how you would use it. "$16 for more Skylanders Giants"

15. What do you think makes a person good-looking? "Getting dressed up for a wedding."

16. Name two things we should do as a family on the weekend. "Go out to eat at Texas Road House and go to Florida on vacation."

17. What is the grossest thing you can think of?  "poop...and farts"

18. What would you do if you were invisible for a day? "I would just play Skylanders and you wouldn't see me play it."

19. What is the best thing about having Ben as a big brother? "He helps me. He helped me clean up his room."

20. How are you different from Ben? "Oh, I'm really different from him! I like Skylanders a lot more than he does!"

21. What does Ben do that really makes you mad? "When he's really mean to me."

22. What is the best thing about your Mom? "I like that you love me."

23. What do you like to do with her? "Play Spyros Adventure Skylanders"

24. What is the best thing about your Dad? "He plays Skylanders Giants with me"

25. What do you like to do with him? "I like playing Skylanders with him!"

"There! We're done! Now can I play Skylanders Giants?"

Think we need an intervention?



Ben's Turn!

1. What is your happiest memory? "Christmas! I got a remote controlled car."

2. Why do you like being a kid? "I still get to play with toys."

3. One word to describe you would be _______.   "Athletic"

4. What advice would you give your parents? "Do your jobs good."

5. What are you really good at? "art"

6. What are you not so good at?  "Doing a handstand."

7. What do you like to do for fun? "Art, like painting"

 8. What is your favorite thing to do at school? Why? "PE class because we get to run around and have fun."

9. What is your favorite thing to do with your friends? "Play minecraft"

10. What makes you cry? "getting yelled at."

11. What is the nicest thing you have done for someone? "Today at soccer practice I helped a team mate up off the floor when he was hurt."

12. What do you think you will be doing 10 years from now? "Algebra"

13 What do you want to be when you are an adult?  "Artist that creates tv shows"

14. What would be the ideal allowance? Tell me how you would use it. "$20 or $30 dollars and I'd use it to buy a house."

15. What do you think makes a person good-looking? "do their hair"

16. Name two things we should do as a family on the weekend. "Go to Worlds of Fun and to Paradise Park."

17. What is the grossest thing you can think of?  "puke"

18. What would you do if you were invisible for a day? "Walk through the front door to play in the yard."

19. What is the best thing about having Owen as a little brother? "He's nice, helpful and plays with me."

20. How are you different from Owen? "I'm in first grade and he's in preschool."

21. What does Owen do that really makes you mad? "He wrecks things after I set it up and then I can't remember how I did it."

22. What is the best thing about your Mom? "She loves me a lot."

23. What do you like to do with her? "Watch television with her, like Gravity Falls and Dr. Who."

24. What is the best thing about your Dad? "He buys lots of toys for me."

25. What do you like to do with him? "Go to the movies."



Sledding

I'm done with winter! Hurry up spring!



Basketball

Just as soccer came to an end in the fall, basketball practice began. Ben had a great season made even better by the fact that one of his buddies from school was on his team.