Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day, Grandma! II

Happy Mother's Day, Grandma!

We Love You!
Thank You for all you do!

The Hawk family


These are interview questions I borrowed (from the borrower) and altered (somewhat) accordingly to be fitting for Grandma . . .

Code:

The first initial of the kids.

E (Elaine) = 8 yrs.

A (Aaron) = 4 yrs.

J (Jonny) = 2 yrs.

An (Annie) = 7 mo.

R (Ryan)

1. What is something Grandma always says to you?
"I love you." (E)

"She loves me." (A)

"This is something she says all the time that I think is cool. 'I thank the Lord all the time for you kids.'" (R)

2. What makes Grandma happy?
"Things that she can sew with." (E)

"Me!" (A)

"Being in the garden." (R)

3. What makes Grandma sad?
"Grandma is never sad." (E)

"When Grandpa leaves." (A)

"Being away from her family... and dirty kitchen floors." (R)

This is NOT Grandma's kitchen!

4. What makes Grandma laugh?
"When all the parents talk about something funny." (E)

"Me!" (A)

"The grandkids." (R)


5. What was Grandma like as a child?
"Like Aunt Tina when she was little." (E)

"Just be little like me." (A)

"I don't know." (R)

6. How old is Grandma?
"54" (E)

"2" (A)

"2" (J) This is the only time he pipes in by the way!!

"66" (R) Good job Ryan!

7. How tall is your Grandma?
"2 yards and1 inch ." (E) I wonder what she's been learning about?

"Like that." (holding up his arm as high as he could.) (A)

"5 ft. 5 in." (R)

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
"Sew." (E)

"Watch TV." (A)

"Gardening and sewing clothes for her grandkids." (R)

Somewhere in the background are pajamas grandma made for the girls.
Somewhere in the foreground is a little boy still waiting for his
.
9. What does your Grandma do when you're not around?
"Sews." (E)

"She wants to be alone and by herself... and watch TV." (A) Guess what he wanted to be doing?

10. If your Grandma becomes famous, what will it be for?
"Sewing!" (E)

"She makes 2 pudding pies really good." (A)

"Her quilts and her dry turkey." (R)

11. What is Grandma really good at?
"Sewing." (E) Do you sense a theme?

"Juggling." (A)

"Sewing, quilting, gardening." (R)

12. What is Grandma not very good at?
"Fishing." (E) Although Ryan would disagree.

"With orange juice." (A)

"Dunking a basketball." (R)

13. What does Grandma do for her job?
"Stay home! - Remember when she retired and got off of work?." (E)

"Making pies." (A)

14. What is Grandma's favorite food?
"Ice cream." (E)

"Dinner!!!" (A)

"Butter-pecan ice cream." (R)

15. What makes you proud of Grandma?
"Sewing." (E)

Blank stare (A)

"Her humility in her recent salvation." (R)

16. If Grandma were a cartoon character, who would she be?
"Fairy God-Mother from Cinderella." (E)

"Mices."(A)

"The grand-mother on Sylvester and Tweety." (R)

17. What do you and Grandma do together?
"Pull weeds." (E)

"I make pies." (A)

"Garden and talk." (R)

18. How are you and Grandma the same?

"We're both girls... and not boys," (E) "I'm not the same." (A) "Gardening." (R)


80% of our garden came from Grandma's garden. What a talent!


19. How are you and Grandma different?
"She's taller then me." (E)

"I am pokey." (A)

"I'm the tallest, she's the shortest." (R)

20. How do you know Grandma loves you?
"She hugs me and kisses me." (E)

"She makes me a cake." (A)

"We always hug and kiss when we leave." (R)

21. Where is Grandma's favorite place to go?
"Our house." (E)

"Aaron's house." (A)

"The garden." (R)


Okay, so Annie didn't say anything, but she was asleep for most of the interview.

Happy Mother' Day! We love you.

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