Daddy Interview

21 Questions to Ask Your Kids

1. What is something Daddy always says to you?
Caleb- "Caleb" Isaac- No

2. What makes Daddy happy?
Caleb- being good
Isaac- obeying rules

3. What makes Daddy sad?
Caleb- being bad
Isaac- disobeying

4. How does Daddy make you laugh?
Caleb- tickling
Isaac- tickle and tackle

5. What was Daddy like as a child?
Caleb- crazy
Isaac- lawnmower (umm, ok)

6. How old is Daddy?
Caleb- 32
Isaac- 15

7. How tall is Daddy?
Caleb- 60 inches
Isaac- 24

8. What is Daddy's favorite thing to do?
Caleb- talk
Isaac- clean the house

9.What does Daddy do when you're not around?
Caleb- work in the basement
Isaac- go to the gym

10. If Daddy becomes famous what will it be for?
Caleb- money
Isaac- tools

11. What is Daddy really good at?
Caleb- working in the basement
Isaac- reading books

12. What is Daddy not very good at?
Caleb- putting the new floor down
Isaac- touching lights when they are on

13. What does Daddy do for his job?
Caleb- power plant
Isaac- I don't know

14. What is Daddy' favorite food?
Caleb- pizza
Isaac- pizza

15. What makes you proud of Daddy?
Caleb- the new floor
Isaac- I don't know

16. If Daddy was a cartoon character who would he be?
Caleb- Ferb (from Phineas and Ferb)
Isaac- Mickey Mouse

17. What do you and Daddy do together?
Caleb- work
Isaac- tackle

18. How are you and Daddy the same?
Caleb- brown eyes
Isaac- short hair

19. How are you and Daddy different?
Caleb- he's bigger, I'm shorter
Isaac- Dad's bigger

20. How do you know Daddy loves you?
Caleb- he puts me to bed
Isaac- I don't know

21. Where is Daddy's favorite place to go?
Caleb- work
Isaac- McDonalds

Interview with the boys

I came across this fun idea on pinterest and here is the website: http://pepperbuttons.blogspot.com/2011/10/21-questions-to-ask-your-kids.html

21 Questions to Ask Your Kids

I asked Caleb and Isaac, Julia is too young to really get the idea. I asked the boys at separate times so they wouldn't copy each other.

1. What is something Mom always says to you? Caleb- No. Isaac- no answer
2. What makes Mom happy? Caleb- Doing good things. Isaac- saying sorry
3. What makes Mom sad? Caleb- doing bad things. Isaac- not being nice
4. How does Mom make you laugh? Caleb- tickle Isaac- tickle
5. What was Mom like as a child? Caleb- crazy. Isaac- don't know
6. How old is Mom? Caleb- 33. Isaac- 62 or maybe 22
7. How tall is Mom? Caleb- 23 inches. Isaac- 100
8. What is Mom's favorite thing to do? Caleb- cook. Isaac- stay in the house and do work
9. What does Mom do when you're not around? Caleb- clean, stuff around the house Isaac- take a nap
10. If Mom becomes famous what will it be for? Caleb- the house. Isaac- what does famous mean?
11. What is Mom really good at? Caleb- tickling me Isaac- shoveling
12. What is Mom not very good at? Caleb- the computer Isaac- walking on ice
13. What does Mom do for her job? Caleb- stay at home, take care of Julia Isaac- clean house
14. What is Mom's favorite food? Caleb- pizza Isaac- hamburgers
15. What makes you proud of Mom? Caleb- cooking for me Isaac- don't know
16. If Mom was a cartoon character who would she be? Caleb- Elmo Isaac- Dora
17. What do you and Mom do together? Caleb- shopping Isaac- tickling
18. How are you and Mom the same? Caleb- brown eyes Isaac- have sweatshirts
19. How are you and Mom different? Caleb- older and younger Isaac- Mom has longer hair
20. How do you know Mom loves you? Caleb- reads books to me Isaac- don't know
21. Where is Mom's favorite place to go? Caleb- store Isaac- exercising


I found this exercise funny and a little humbling. And I'm trying to not be sad that Isaac didn't have an answer for "how do you know Moms loves you?" Someday I'll have to ask Julia these questions, I'm sure there would be more interesting answers!

January fun

This picture makes me smile
Opening my awesome present
The creation- Reese's peanut butter cup cake

The kids just liked the candy pieces

Caleb going up with Grandma J
Isaac and Nate on the chair lift


Caleb's got it down


I had my birthday this week! I am now 33 years old. No deep thoughts about turning 33. I told Nate I wanted a Reese's peanut butter cup cake for my birthday and offered to ask a friend to make it for me. But, he is the best husband ever and made it himself. The cake was so good. I wish it wasn't gone already. The kids had fun picking out gifts for me. Caleb chose a Taste of Home Baking cookbook and Isaac picked out a travel mug. Julia gave me an App Store gift card. Yep, Nate gave me an iPad. I was surprised! It is a really amazing and fun piece of technology. The kids are enjoying it too. It will be nice to have a way to check email, etc when we travel.

We were able to get some ski passes thru Nate's company this year. Yesterday Nate took the boys skiing for the first time. And they loved it! They both caught on fairly quick and didn't want to stop. Nate used a harness for Isaac. So he skied behind Isaac and could pull on the straps to help guide him and keep him upright. Isaac hasn't mastered the "snowplow" technique so he would just point his skis down the hill and go- really fast. It reminds me of my brother Tim when he was younger. He just flew down the hills and usually ran into the hay bales at the bottom. My Mom went skiing as well and had fun. We're hoping to take the boys again this winter.

Julia isn't old enough to ski so we had a girls afternoon. We went to a Korean (Lunar) New Year celebration in Holland. There was a Korean dance group that performed about 6 traditional Korean dances. The dancers wore hanboks and played jangos which are traditional Korean drums. The performance reminded me alot of our trip to Korea. Can't wait to go back someday!


Fan Dance, women are wearing hanboks

After the dancers there was a Tae Kwon Do demonstration. I did not realize Tae Kwon Do is Korean. Julia enjoyed hearing them yell, "hi-ya!" She asked when she could do that?

At the end of the event we had sushi rolls and rice cake. The rice cake is okay, Koreans are not known for their desserts. :) Now Americans, we excel at sugary non-healthy desserts!

The celebration was really well attended. I'm glad for an opportunity for Julia to be in a place where there are other Asians. Julia commented on how pretty one of the girls was. That made me happy. Sometimes transracially adopted kids see themselves as "white" and see white as the standard of beauty. I want Julia to understand that Asians, particularly Koreans, are beautiful and she doesn't need to wish away her looks. We attended the celebration with Lisa Klamer and her girls. Afterwards we went to their house for supper. Julia is beginning to enjoy playing with other girls, especially if they are a year or two older. Overall it was a great weekend and we are thankful for the opportunities God has given us!