What's Max Thinking?

You may have seen this questionnaire on your Facebook feed recently. you're supposed to not prompt the kid(s) and as a result, it's a "great way" to see what they're really thinking. I normally don't care for Q + A type of things, but hearing the thoughts of 4 year old Max was intriguing.

unedited answers!

1. What is something Mom always says to you?
== Hi!

2. What makes mom happy?
== when Mikkel and me aren't yelling

3. What makes mom sad?
== not listening

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
== when mommy talks funny

5. How old is your mom?
== 20

6. How tall is your mom?
== 31

7. What is her favorite thing to do?
== playing with Max 

8. What does your mom do when you're not around?
== you go to walmart

9. If your mom became famous, what would it be for?
== because i went to walmart

10. What is your mom really good at?
== hugs

11. What is your mom not very good at?
== you're not

12. What does your mom do for a job?
== make money and buy toys

13. What is your mom's favorite food?
== chicken noodle soup and chicken

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
== play with me and sing with me and play toys with me

16. If your mom was a character, who would she be?
== supergirl

17. What do you and your mom do together?
== play

18. How are you and your mom the same?
== you're a girl and i'm a girl 

19. How are you and your mom different? 
== you're a girl and i'm a boy

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
== you hug me

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
== metrotown and superstore

22. How old was your mom when you born?
== zero years old

haha! ok fun and innocent. i have to say it took a lot of repeating for him to respond to the questions as well as rearranging the questions to make more sense to him. that's not prompting right? he was a distracted by action in the process, his favourite question was no doubt #16 and we had a whole conversation about his favourite characters and whom he'd like to be! 

Around the Apartment, Thursday Rambling

With it being back to school week, 0800am is hustle and bustle hour around our neighborhood. We live within a hop - skip - jump from a fabulous elementary school, and a power house of a high school (well I think so at least). Although it's YEARS away from happening, i'm kinda excited for when Max starts going to school. I have plenty of times pictured dropping him off, picking him up, him coming home for lunch and eating a hot meal, picking out clothes, making him lunch, getting to know teachers and friends and y'know, all that elementary school cute stuff. i'm pretty sure i'm also one of those parents that'll keep a large sleeved portfolio of all of his artwork to reflect on when he's older (i'm a nut for nostalgia myself- i mean really, i'm still hung up on old school NKOTB!)

When he's in high school, I want to help guide him in courses that'll leave him open for many career possibilities, and learn as he learns if I don't know the answer off the top of my head (anyone else find subjects more interesting when there's no pressure to know the stuff for an upcoming exam?).  I dont even know what the VSB system is like now for university prep, or how classes function since I went to school in a time before cell phones and when people took university notes by hand with the odd person using a laptop! Oldie, I know.

Although it's still technically summer (and i'm still sleeping with a fan on), im looking forward to Fall (not the rain though). I want to wear dark colors, have nice feet again (really, walking around in sandals and no socks dont do my feet any good), wear light sweaters and cardigans, not be sweating profusely when Max is napping as i babywear, and y'know just watch nature take its course with the trees. I want to eat turkey, pumpkin pie, go to a pumpkin patch (take lots of pictures, naturally!), watch scary movies during Halloween countdown, and start visualizing what I would be getting people for Christmas - yes, that about sums up my Fall bucket list.

 

As for Max, he will be turning TWENTY months in October. The word TWENTY is right up there with eighteen and twenty-four when it comes to chronological milestones in my books. No longer a baby, full fledged toddler, and changing every single day- so much so that i am taken aback daily with a new developmental surprise whether it'd be skill, words, or ability. I have the opportunity to apply for a new position that would involve monday to friday hours, but knowing that i could be missing out on so much of his life during these years (even if it is only for a short time) really turns me off because I just will never get these years of his youth back y'know? Thank goodness for a career that holds many available opportunities to choose from- when i'm ready, all about timing. How do you full time employed monday-friday mom's do it!? 

These pictures are of Max showing his tender side with baby Ernie, isn't he lovely? All the stuff I would miss if I were working more so than I am now.

Happy Thursday from East Van!

^^ group hug: Moe, baby Ernie, and Max ^^