(interview conducted in the car on the way to Payton's birthday date: arcade games, glow in the dark mini golf, dinner, and Coldstone)
What is your favorite food? Watermelon and cantaloupe.
Why? Because they're juicy.
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? mint chocolate chip
Who are your best friends? Amanda & Brooke
Why are they your best friends? Because they play with me all the time at school.
(Scott interjects) Have you kissed any of them? No. Of course not.
I'm so happy I'm the only kid in the car. There aren't extra voices going "blah, blah, blah."
What is your favorite school subject? math, spelling, and rocket math
What words can you spell? dog. run. bark.
Ummmm, Payton I think you can do better than that. What is the hardest word you can spell? Announce.
What are you really good at? Watching tv. (laughs) No I'm just kidding. Reading books. My favorite books are Secrets of Droon 1 to 17.
What is your favorite toy? Paper Jamz
What is your very best treasure? My iron pyrite.
Um, let's word this a little differently. What do you treasure the most? You would be the saddest if you lost _______? My iron pyrite and pirate booty. Bark.
{sidenote: "Bark" is Payton's signature word right now. It can be an exclamation, sometimes it eludes to surprise or thoughtful contemplation, and a lot of the time it is the perfect add-on to any statement.}
What is your favorite tv show? Winter Wipeout
If you could be on Wipeout, which obstacle would you be the most excited about? the Yule log jam and spanker bar. And the shape shifter. And the letter "P" in the 7-letter word.
What do you want to be when you grow up? An inventor. I'd invent an exploding castle with real life lava scattered all around it.
What is something you learned while you were 7 years old? A couple is 2. A few is 3. Several is more but not like 100.
{sidenote: he is constantly challenging me on my use of the words "couple, few, and several." Our definitions don't always match up and it drives him crazy.}
What will you be doing 5 years from now? Let's see, I'll be . . . . 13. I'll get a pet dog. And name him "Barky."
What is your favorite thing to do with dad? Go to work. {Referring to Bring Your Child to Work Day}
with mom? go get ice cream at Dairy queen
with Conner? play video games. My favorite is Super Mario Galaxy.
with Anna? play games like Feed the Kitty, Blokus, Curses, Pop the Pirate, UNO, . . . .
If you could meet a famous person who would it be? A scientist.
Happy Birthday P!
