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Kids are funny

August 27, 2013 by Mom on the Make Leave a Comment

Well, we have finally reached the last day of summer vacation.  My three kiddos are headed back to school in the morning and they cannot wait.

After some last minute school errands this afternoon, I took them out to lunch at Panda Express.

Towards the end of lunch after enjoying our mushroom chicken, noodles, honey walnut shrimp, and black pepper chicken, Bam Bam looks across the table at me and says, “Mom, are all bunnies magic?”

This question just absolutely slayed me……….

The obvious answer I heard coming out of my mouth was “Of course.” 🙂

I just love having a five year old.

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: funny

Interview with 4 year old Bam-Bam

August 30, 2012 by Mom on the Make 5 Comments

Interview with 4 year old

I found this interview floating around online, and just had to give it to my four year old son, Bam-Bam.

Four year olds are just so darn cute.

Their responses are so unpredictable.

And can be very revealing.

And Hilarious.

He immediately answered each question, and I wrote down his exact responses.  I found it amusing how quickly he answered.  Just gut reaction – no over-analyzing or second guessing. Just complete certainty. 🙂

My Interview with my 4 year old son

1. How old are you? 4

2. What do you want to be when you grow up? let’s see, zombie

3. What makes you happy? cuddles

4. What makes you sad? zombies

5. Why do you like being a kid? because its fun

6. If you could be any animal, which one would you be? um, lion

7. Why? because I can roar

8. Where do you live? in USA

9. Where is your favorite place to go? Disneyland

10. What makes you laugh? talking

11. What’s your favorite thing to do? play with my superheroes

12. What are you really good at? Sports

13. What are you not very good at?  baseball

14. How old is Mommy? 5

15. What is something Mommy always says to you? Wanna cuddle with me?

16. What do you love most about Mommy? I don’t know

17. What is your mom’s favorite food? chicken

18. How tall is your mom? 17

19. What does your mom do while you’re at school or camp? what do you do?  buy stuff

20. How old is Daddy? 17

21. What does Daddy do for work? get more money

22. What is Daddy’s favorite sport? Basketball

23. What is Daddy’s favorite food? chicken too

24. How strong is Daddy? superman strong

25. How tall is Daddy? 17

26. What did you do today? Collected stars

27. What is your favorite food? I’m not gonna answer

28. What is your favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, now I’m done!

29. What do you want Santa to bring you this year? the Christmas Train

30. What is love? I don’t know what it is, and I’m not going to do any more questions

31. What’s your favorite thing about school? um, playing on the play structure

32. What’s the thing you really don’t like to do at school? I don’t know

33. What do you think is in outer space? the moon

34. What is something you’re afraid of? zombies and ghosts

35. What is your favorite color? I don’t want to answer

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: funny, parenting

Three Very Creative Marriage Proposals

August 7, 2012 by Mom on the Make Leave a Comment

Creative Marriage Proposals

Creative Marriage Proposals

I was watching Matt Grevers win the 100 Back last week in the Olympics, and was so impressed, I wanted to find out more about him.  So, I started with a google search.

One of the first news stories that comes up when you search for Matt Grevers is his surprise marriage proposal to fellow swimmer, Annie Chandler, that took place earlier this year.

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: funny, movies, swimming

Top 11 Ways to Annoy A Flight Attendant

June 26, 2012 by Mom on the Make Leave a Comment

Flight Attendants' Biggest Annoyances

The Friendly Skies

I always listen to a really funny morning radio show as I’m driving to my 6am swim workout.  This morning, they were listing the biggest complaints of flight attendants as outlined in a recent survey.

Its pretty funny, so I thought I’d share.

Flight Attendants become very annoyed when passengers……

  • Ask for a pen.  They simply cannot accommodate 200+ pens on every flight and wonder why travelers do not carry at least one pen with them in a bag or purse.
  • Tell on their neighbors.  For example, asking the attendant to tell the person in front of them to bring their seat up or request that they ask the person behind them to stop their baby from crying.
  • Get up to use the restroom when they are wheeling a two hundred pound lunch cart down the aisle.
  • Cut their nails in the airplane – Yuck!  People really do this?
  • Forget to bring fresh diapers for their baby.  Again, yuck, and really??
  • Think they are above it all.  Apparently the passengers flying to Vail and West Palm Beach are particularly difficult to deal with according to the flight attendants in this survey.
  • Hang their arms or legs in the aisle when the beverage cart is trying to pass through.
  • Bring smelly food onboard.
  • Bring bags too heavy to lift into the overhead bins.  They probably knew this ahead of time.
  • Walk around the plane without shoes.
  • Do not think the “turn off all electronic devices” request applies to them.

I have to say, I completely understand how each and every one of the above situations could be extremely annoying after the third flight of the day.  Even after the first!

My Takeaways from this survey

In order to make sure the skies remain friendly, I think we all need to remember the following when flying on a commercial airline:

  • The airplane is not a sky high Office Max.  Bring your own pens.  Bring at least one for yourself and about four more for the passengers around you who forgot their pens.
  • Learn to fight your own battles rather than running to the hall monitor for help.  Ask your neighbors nicely to bring their seat back up if its encroaching on your space.  Politely suggest to the person behind you that the screaming baby they’re holding might enjoy listening to some classical music that places an emphasis on sleep inducing harmonies.  🙂
  • Remember that a meal or snack cart will most likely appear within the first 15 minutes after takeoff, so check to the restroom if you must before the cart starts making its way down the aisle.
  • The airplane is not a nail salon!  Seriously, please try to remember to trim your nails before or after the flight, not during.
  • Make sure Baby has a fresh didy on before boarding the plane and that there are at least 5 fresh diapers in your carry on for the flight.
  • The plane is not a yoga and fitness center, so try to remember to not stretch into the aisle or walk around barefoot.  :0
  • Try to restrain from bringing a delicious smelling hot pastrami sandwich on board that will fill the plane with smells of yummy food that only you will be able to enjoy eating.  Also, do not bring brussel sprouts onboard.
  • When the attendants ask that you refrain from using electronic devices for the takeoff, they are not sublimily trying to tell you that your work is not important.  They are simply trying to ensure the safety of the 200 passengers onboard.  So, do not take this request personally, just unplug for about 10 minutes.  You will survive, I promise.  I understand the addiction of electronics.  If I don’t check my email about every 7 minutes, I feel a bit out of sorts.  🙂

Conclusion

Flight attendants do have to put up with quite a bit, but at least they get as many miles as they want to fly wherever they want.

They probably maintain their cool around us passengers by daydreaming about lounging on the white sandy beaches of Hawaii on their next vacation (with free airline tickets).

I think I’d go to Costa Rica first if I was granted with endless amounts of miles.

Where would you go?

 

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: funny

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