After some discussion about how much fun these things can be for poking fun at your mom, here are the answers my kids came up with to the 'questions about your mom' thing that's floating around these days.

What is something your mom always says to you?

Dagny: *whiny voice* "nooooo stopppp itttttt! Or "Dagny, (insert any type of food you could imagine cooking here) is ready!"

Rowan: fact.

What makes your mom happy?

Dagny: Being tickled. She's in denial.

Rowan: me, Dagny, Daddy, puppies.

What makes your mom sad?

Dagny: Mean parents.

Rowan: Puppies dying.

How does your mom make you laugh?

Dagny: Well...we all laugh at her when she gets the hiccups.

Rowan: um, with silliness.

What did your mom like to do when she was a child?

Dagny: Hide in trees and read books and be a snotty little Duxbury kid.

Rowan: Go down to the store with her friend and get popsicles.

How old is your mom?

Dagny: I'm not at liberty to discuss that.

Rowan: 40

How tall is your mom?

Dagny: An inch taller than me.

Rowan: 5 foot 6 in.

What is her favorite thing to do?

Dagny: Stab furry things with barbed needles.

Rowan: Playing with me and Dagny or looking up in the sun.

What does your mom do when you're not around?

Dagny: Blasts the music in the car.

Rowan: Boring Mama stuff :P.

If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Dagny: Writing a book. OH WAIT.

Rowan: Her book.

What is your mom really good at?

Dagny: Being annoying...I mean...cute.

Rowan: Being a Mama.

What is your mom not very good at?

Dagny: Preventing me from poking her bellybutton whenever I want.

Rowan: Thinking games.

What does your mom do for her job?

Dagny: Bosses me around :P.

Rowan: She is a Mama.

What is your mom's favorite food?

Dagny: Ice cream.

Rowan: Ginger bread.

What makes you proud of your mom?

Dagny: She stands up for kids who are being yelled at in Walmart? ...nah, that's just embarrassing...

Rowan: skipped this one

If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Dagny: She would be an interesting cartoon just as herself!

Rowan: Elmira maybe.

What do you and your mom do together?

Dagny: Giggle a lot?

Rowan: Play Mancala.

How are you and your mom the same?

Dagny: Um. We wear the same size clothing and shoes. It's quite useful when I've got nothing to wear.

Rowan: We like to read and I guess I kinda look like she did MAYBE.

How are you and your mom different?

Dagny: Her hair is curly. And her name is Rue.

Rowan: .....Well, for ONE I like thinking games.

How do you know your mom loves you?

Dagny: Because she says so while she's threatening to stab me with barbed needles.

Rowan: She tells me.

What does your mom like most about your dad?

Dagny: ...I don't know, you figure that out and get back to ME.

Rowan: I don't know.

Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

Dagny: Her...happy... place...?

Rowan: hmm...maybe the beach.