Interview With a Four Year Old

Christian turns four tomorrow. It's crazy, considering he just came home from the hospital a few months ago, right?

Oh my goodness. Look at that adorableness. That face. That belly. It's funny, even though I say it feels like yesterday, it really doesn't, because when I look at this picture, I can hardly remember this version of Christian. It seems like he's always been three, chatting away and telling me about his new Mom and Dad. (He has three brothers and one sister and a dog named Marshmallow, with his other Mom and Dad. And they let him eat anything he wants, which I tell him means they don't love him as much as we do.) But looking at this picture makes me want to squeeze and hold a baby!

Oh, good thing we got one coming.

But what will happen when she's four? Whose baby will I hold and squeeze then??

I better move on before panic sets in.

On with the interview!

M(ommy): What do you want to be when you grow up?

C(hristian): A policeman. (This is news to me. I've never heard him mention it once.)

M: What is your favorite thing God made?

C: Food. (I don't doubt this for a moment.)

M: What is your favorite activity?

C: I always say CRAFTS!!

M: What is your favorite color?

C: Yellow.

M: What is your favorite animal?

C: Cats. No, not cats Mom. Lions!

M: What is your favorite bug?

C: Ladybug. (Maybe it's the only bug he knows?)

M: What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?

C: Make wood. And throw it in the fire. (A camping memory.)

M: What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?

C: Make brownies. For me to eat!

M: What is your favorite thing to do with Ansley?

C: Play.

M: Will you be a Daddy when you grow up?

C: Ummmm.....yes.

M: Who is your favorite friend?

C: Ansley.

M: Who is your second favorite friend?

C: Jonathan. Jonathan Stanley. (Mommy loses out when it's the second child.)

M: What do you dislike?

C: What's dislike mean? NOT like?

M: Yes.

C: Why didn't you say not like then?

M: What do you not like?

C: Rattlesnakes.

M: What is your favorite song?

C: Frosty the Snowman! Was a jolly happy soul.....(singing)

M: How old is Daddy?

C: With a corncob pipe and......I don't even know.

M: You don't know the rest of the song?

C: No, I don't know how old Daddy is.

M: Oh. How old is Mommy then?

C: I don't know.

M: What is your favorite snack?

C: Crackers.

M: What is your favorite day?

C: Christmas.

M: What is your favorite place to go?

C: The cake store. (We've never actually been to a cake store. I think he means Party City.)

M: What is your favorite thing about Ansley?

C: She plays with me.

M: What is your favorite thing about Daddy?

C: He makes wood.

M: What is your favorite thing about Mommy?

C: When she bakes cookies and lets me help.

M: Which would you rather be, a carrot or a fish?

C: Fish. No, carrot!

M: Why?

C: Because someone would eat me.

M: What is your favorite toy?

C: Freezer. (That's Freezer that he's holding in the picture.)

M: What does Daddy do all day?

C: He makes picture frames.

M: What does Mommy do all day?

C: You fix dinner. And clean the kitchen. (So much for playing, teaching, learning?)

M: What is your favorite thing in the whole wide world?

C: Everything. I love everything.

M: What is your favorite restaurant?

C: Any place with spaghetti.

M: What will be the best thing about being four?

C: Meeting Avery.

(That's the baby's name. And that's my favorite answer. Totally unprompted. What a sweet boy!)

Christian you are such a sweet and thoughtful boy. You are definitely BOY, but you are very kind, thoughtful and loving. (Not that boys usually aren't those things, of course.) You have a big imagination. You make up stories and talk non-stop. You are busy and messy, but love to help. You love your sister, and will be a super big brother!

As you like to say, Ansley will be the oldest, Avery will be the youngest, and you will be the BOYEST. So, so true. You are our only boy, and we love it!

We love you.

Happy birthday, my boyest-love.

Comments

[Renee]

I really enjoyed all the almost-four photos and interview answers from your boyest. Especially meeting Avery. :) Have fun celebrating with Christian tomorrow!

[Ashley Lee]

Happy 4th Birthday Christian! Hope you are having a fun day! ~ from the Lee's