Kid Interviews - Favorites of 2011

Today, I'm interviewing our kids to journal their favorites of 2011.

Thing 1 - Age 11, 6th Grade

Favorite Color - Yellow
Favorite Food - Sushi
Favorite Drink - Pink Lemonade
Favorite Board or Card Game - Settlers of Catan (Cities and Knights)
Favorite Wii Game - Horse Life Adventures and Order Up!
Favorite Online Game - Webkinz
Favorite DS game - Harry Potter Lego Games
Favorite Hobby - Reading, Writing, and playing with Scout, Thing 2, and the family, and friends
Favorite non-electronic thing to do - Reading, Writing, and playing with family and friends
Favorite thing to do outside - Capture the Flag
Favorite Book - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Favorite Movie - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Favorite TV show or Cartoon - Winx Club and Wizards of Waverly Place and Modern Family
Favorite Restaurant - Kugo's Steakhouse (for sushi)
Favorite Outdoor Spot - The climbing tree at the playground
Favorite Animal - Puppy
Favorite Fruit - Kiwi
Favorite Flower - Sunflower
Favorite Tree - Weeping Willow
Favorite Vegetable - Creamed spinach
Favorite Snack - Popcorn
Favorite Stuffed Animal - Menedy (stuffed cat)
Favorite Sport - Baseball
Favorite Dessert - Chocolate-based cookies with peanut butter chips
Favorite Place to Vacation - Disney World or The Beach
Favorite Houseguest - "Johnsons and Grandparents and Ada and Cathy and friends . . . I pretty much like everyone that comes. Our house is a hotel."
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor - Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Favorite Smell - Baking cookies
Favorite Aisle in Department Store - Books, Toys, or Writing Supplies
Favorite Song - "Radio, Radio" by Brooke White, "White Horse" by Taylor Swift, and "Who Says" by Selena Gomez
Favorite Group or Singer - Brooke White, Taylor Swift, and Selena Gomez (Taylor Swift especially)
Favorite Season - Summer
B.F.F. - Kirsten
Favorite Room of the House - Our bedroom and the library
Favorite Day of the Week - Friday
Favorite Event of 2011 - All the concerts we went to
Favorite Errand to Run - Shopping for someone else's birthday present
Favorite Outfit - Jeans and my long black and white shirt with ruffles on the bottom, and pajamas
Favorite Instrument to Play - Violin
Favorite Phrase - "Foopaloopa!" (Kirsten says it; she made it up. It's sort of like "darn.")
Favorite Thing about Daddy - "He's hard-working to get everything done around the house and really fun to play video games with."
Favorite Thing about Mommy - "She gets all the INCH stuff together so everybody can enjoy and play and I like reading stories with her."
Favorite Thing about Your Sibling - "He's funny. When I'm sad or mad, he can usually cheer me up. When something exciting happens, he calls out to me to tell me."
Favorite Thing about Scout - "She cheers me up when I'm sad and is always up for snuggling."
Favorite Christmas Gift of year - My iPod Touch, but I loved everything
Favorite School Subject - NaNoWriMo
Favorite Family Tradition - Our Christmas Traditions and our new one -- Elf of the Shelf!
Favorite Homeschool Group Activity - Park Days
What do you want to be when you grow up? - An author and the way things are going, probably one of the singers of a homeschool band
If you could change anything about the world . . . - "No more war and I'd find something better to use than money so there'd be less of a hassle." ("Same as this past year, because it still hasn't happened. I need a magic wand.")
If you could have any superpower . . . - "Flying."
Weirdest thing you can do - "I can turn one foot backward and one foot forward at the same time."
Best thing about you - (She felt a little uncomfortable with this question). "I'm funny and I give good advice to my friends."


Thing 2 - Age 9 (newly 9!), 3rd Grade

Favorite Color - Silver
Favorite Food - Pizza
Favorite Drink - Birch Beer
Favorite Board or Card Game - Yu-Gi-Oh!
Favorite Wii Game - Super Smash Brothers
Favorite Online Game - Wizard 101
Favorite DS game - Pokemon Heart Gold
Favorite Hobby - Dueling/Playing Yu-Gi-Oh! (the card game)
Favorite non-electronic thing to do - Play Yu-Gi-Oh!
Favorite thing to do outside - Zombie Tag
Favorite Book - Rave Master 19
Favorite Movie - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
Favorite TV show or Cartoon - Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Favorite Restaurant - Infinito's (All-You-Can-Eat Pizza and Salad)
Favorite Outdoor Spot - Park
Favorite Animal - Bald Eagle
Favorite Fruit - Asian Pear
Favorite Flower - Nightshade
Favorite Tree - Dead Tree
Favorite Vegetable - Celery
Favorite Snack - M&Ms
Favorite Stuffed Animal - Zip (stuffed eagle)
Favorite Sport - Watching Hockey/Playing Baseball
Favorite Dessert - Mint Oreos
Favorite Place to Vacation - Anywhere the Johnsons are
Favorite Houseguest - "Johnsons . . . and the same thing Thing 1 said."
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor - Mint Chocolate Chip
Favorite Smell - Spearmint
Favorite Aisle in Department Store - Toys and Trading Cards
Favorite Song - "Girl From Lebanon" by Europe and "Grenade" by Bruno Mars as well as "It Will Rain" also by Bruno Mars
Favorite Group or Singer -Europe and Bruno Mars
Favorite Season - Fall
B.F.F. - Rich and Brennan
Favorite Room of the House - Our bedroom
Favorite Day of the Week - Friday
Favorite Event of year - Hanging out with the Johnsons
Favorite Errand to Run -Going to a Trading Card Store
Favorite Outfit - Ripped jeans and a t-shirt and backwards baseball cap
Favorite Instrument to Play - Synthesizer
Favorite Phrase - "Johnsons are here!"
Favorite Thing about Daddy - "He's hard-working and he works for the family and he doesn't stop until he gets it done. And I love him."
Favorite Thing about Mommy - "She's fun, nice, hard-working computer-wise, and I love her."
Favorite Thing about Your Sibling - "She's nice. She plays with me. She's hard-working. I like how she plays with me. And, UGH, why can't I think??"
Favorite Thing about Scout - "She's cute, furry . . . she's staring at me. Sometimes I like how she's feisty. Cute, furry, and I love her."
Favorite Christmas Gift of year - Rainbow Dragon Tin
Favorite School Subject - Math
Favorite Family Tradition - Sushi for New Year's, Going out to eat for birthdays, Opening presents on Christmas Eve . . .
Favorite Homeschool Group Activity - Roller Skating
What do you want to be when you grow up? - A game designer
If you could change anything about the world . . . - "No smoking. No wars. No global warming. And everything's free."
If you could have any superpower . . . - "To be transparent, because you can turn invisible and put illusions so it looks like part of your body is gone or you can just see legs walking. I think it's kind of cool."
Weirdest thing you can do - "Make it so both of my eyes are just white."
Best thing about you - "About me? That's kind of selfish. It's like, 'Hey, I'm so great!' I think I'm a good duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh! I make friends easily. I'm nice. I'm funny. Oh yeah, I'm a good friend."