Last Tuesday, Nathan broke my nose. I was laying down with him, putting him to bed, when he sat up, then flung himself backwards and hit my nose with the back of his hard head. I had to have it surgically reset on Friday, so we have been taking it easy for the last few days.
I used a little bit of the down time to interview the kids individually with questions a friend had sent me. I hope you enjoy their answers – I sure did!
1. What is something I always say to you?
Micah (10): “Let’s go outside.”
Matthew (8): “God.”
Jesse (6): “Jesse! Jesse!”
Mikayla (3): “No movies before school.”
2. What makes me happy?
“When I clean up the kitchen”
“Crazy”
“When I take care of you”
“Taking care of your nose.”
3. What makes me sad?
“When Nathan gets hurt”
“Hospital”
“When I choose to not follow God”
“When we start a bath by ourselves without any grownups”
4. How do I make you laugh?
“Tickling”
“Ice cream cake!”
“Doing something so fun that I laugh”
“Playing with Nathan’s bammer”
5. What was I like when I was little?
“You had glasses”
“five”
“Just like me!”
“You wore the tight flower jammies”
6. How old am I?
“34”
“10”
“13”
“27”
How tall am I?
“5’6″”
“8”
“Normal”
“98”
8. What is my favorite thing to do?
“Not break your nose”
“Candles”
“Snuggle with me”
“cook”
9. What do I do when you’re not around?
“Go to ice cream shops”
“Garden”
“Talk with Daddy and clean up the kitchen”
“I don’t know”
10. What am I really good at?
“singing”
“Hiding”
“being beautiful”
“cooking”
11. What am I not very good at?
“catching chickens”
“kudu”
“Nothing”
“singing funny like Daddy”
12. What do I do for a job?
“be my mom”
“working”
“Take care of your own kids”
“Putting Nathan to bed”
13.What is my favorite food?
“cheese-stuffed mushrooms”
“muffin”
“Thai food”
“Muffins”
Matthew Nicholas Vawter 