Interview With Aidyn

It's that time of year again :-) I did this when she turned 3 and again last year when she was turning 4 and now I present Aidyn, Age 5 (well...in two weeks!!)

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
I love you. You're the best!

2. What makes mommy happy?
when I obey, when I be nice to you

3. What makes mommy sad?
If I broke your lamp (she said this last year, too...I have NO idea what this is about), when I disobey it makes you [gasp] so sad!, when I do something I'm not supposed to do, if I broke your bed it would make you so sad wouldn't it? Because where would you sleep? You'd have to sleep on the couch.

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
when you tickle me, when you tell really funny jokes, and one really funny thing: when you stick your tongue out!!

5. What was your mommy like when she was a little girl?
Oh! I do not know that. Do you know? [motions with her hands that I was small] probably? I think you had brown hair just like you have now, um, and I think you had earrings in, is that right? And I think you had a sweater just like that, right?

6. How old is your mommy?
Hmmm...I don't know. (then later)30.

7. How tall is your mommy?
I think you are this tall [stands on a chair], right?

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
snuggle me and scratch my back, play with me, tell jokes with me and that's about it!

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around?
[stated very matter-of-factly] I don't know that because I'm not there. And you know that Mama.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
I don't know what that means. (after explaining the word 'famous') Oh, um, maybe because they just met you?

11. What is your mommy really good at?
Oh, I think you're very good at teaching and I think you're very good at making very good lunch and I think you're good at tucking me in and saying 'good night'

12. What is your mommy not very good at?
um...I don't think anything

13. What does your mommy do for her job?
makes kids well because you're a nurse, right? make babies and grown-ups well and that's it. (Then she says, "I'm prepared for one more question." When I tell her I have a few more she says, "Well, I'm only prepared for one more.")

14. What is your mommy's favorite food?
is it cereal? You don't know what it is?

15. What makes you proud of your mommy?
calming the baby down. I really don't think you're bad at anything because you're very good at everything. You're good at cooking and, um, I think teaching, I think good handwriting, and that's about it.

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
I think if there was a Mad Dog one you'd be the dog. Or if there was a ballerina cartoon I think you'd be one of those ballerinas. And I think Dad might have been the ballerina teacher. (after asked, "Why do you think Daddy would be the ballet teacher?" she replied, "Well, because they wouldn't know how to do it without a teacher!!")

17. What do you and your mommy do together?
go shopping of course and telling knock-knock and cross-the-road jokes. Here's one right now: Knock knock. (Who's there?) Knock knock. (Knock knock who?) Knock knock door!!!

18. How are you and your mommy the same?
Hmmm...[shrugs shoulders]...we both have earrings and, um, probably nothing else.

19. How are you and your mommy different?
I don't know. But, I'll give a guess. If you had glasses and I did not.

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
Because you say it and you say it's true. You play with me.

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Oh my. Maybe I'll think about that. I think the museum and to Monkey Joe's

Cardboard Testimony Day

Recently we participated in the "Broken" series at our church by sharing our cardboard testimony as a family. (If you're interested, you can see the video here) It required Aidyn to stand quietly backstage for several minutes, stand quietly on stage for a few seconds, and then stand quietly offstage with us afterward. Needless to say, it made quite an impact on my chatterbox.

The next day I overheard this conversation:
Daddy: "Aidyn...you are getting so big."
Aidyn: "I know, Daddy!"
Daddy: "It seems to me like you were born just yesterday."
Aidyn: "Daddy!!! Yesterday was cardboard testimony day!!"

Whole World in His Hands

Aidyn: "Mom. Can you pick up our whole house?"
Me: "No, Sweetie. It's way too big."
Aidyn: "Yeah. I guess only God can pick up our house. Because He's got the whole world in His hands."

Make Her Happy

Stickers. Ugh. Aidyn loves them and I am forever finding them stuck to my socks or in other strange places. Most recently I found a purple sparkly happy face one on the glass of a picture frame that holds a photo of Aidyn with Kassie and two other friends at the zoo. I pointed out to Aidyn that we really shouldn't put stickers on pictures and she began to cry softly, saying, "I just wanted to make it that Kassie was happy." Yeah. My girl misses Kassie. And yeah. That sticker is totally still there.

Finally Arrived

One of my favorite things about Aidyn is her vocabulary usage. She is definitely not afraid to try new words she's learned, as in (while getting the mail): "Oh! My mouse has finally arrived."

What You've Been Trying to Say

I think/hope/pray to God that Aidyn's recent spell of tantrums is getting over with. (Although just today a simple request to stop slamming the metronome on the piano bench was met with a resounding: "WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME I CAN'T PRACTICE ANYMORE!!??")

Recently we've been working on sharing our feelings verbally and after a really good talk Aidyn shared with me her epiphany: "Ohhhhh!! I think I know what you've been trying to say!! If I don't be nasty then you will give me whatever I want!!"

Um. Not quite.

That Must Have Hurt

I have been watching the television show Lost starting from the beginning over the past few months. Fantastic show, by the way. Anyway, the show is pretty intense so I don't usually watch it with Aidyn awake or in the room. For some reason she happened to be there when one of the characters was handling some old, corroded dynamite. Thankfully she was playing under a laundry basket when he exploded, but a small voice piped up, "Well. That must have hurt."