Bud
Book: any books about knights or dragons, mostly nonfiction, like DK; Make a World and other how-to-draw books (esp the ones with dragons); Bearnstein Bears series
TV show: "Word World," "Jungle Junction," the "Trouble in Paradise" episode on "Imagination Movers"
Movie: nope
Song: "Hardware Store Song" aka Madonna's "Ray of Light" (which they recognized at the hardware store one day);
CD: nope
Musician: nope
Color: blue
Number: 5 (because that's his age)
Food: shrimp (fried, boiled, sauteed), sushi, noodles, chicken potstickers, all dim sum dishes like shumai, as well as lychees, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, apples, mango, Dorritos, Cheetos, Skittles (unfavorite: beans and anything made of potatoes, including mashed, french-fried, baked, boiled, whatever)
Flavor: strawberry
Animal: penguins
Day of the Week: days with Kung Fu, swim lessons, or Babysitter
Ice Cream: strawberry (or Cherry Italian ices)
Candy: skittles, marshmallows,
Restaurant: Dim Sum in Flushing; Tex-Mex with Spanish rice, Japanese for sushi
Toy/Thing: his knights (especially the jousters on horseback); his sword and shield with his name on it; Tango, his penguin from the Central Park Zoo; Mr. Big Penguin
Thing to do: draw; play knights; kung fu; swim; cuddle
Place to go: zoos, aquariums, and the American Museum of Natural History; visiting grandparents and their beaches;
Saying/Words: "Actually . . . ;" to Sis, "Wait for me!"; "Mommy, come play with me"; "I want 'me-myself' time."
Happy thoughts every night: baseball, Mommy, Mama, Sis, Gommie, Pop, NY/Norwalk/Mystic Aquarium, penguins, Kenai/Denahi/Sitka (This never changes.)
What he wants to be when he grows up: ??
Sis
Book: Bearnstein Bears books; Magic School Bus books; Arthur books; Clifford books; Dr. Seuss books
Movie: Toy Story
TV show: "Arthur"
Song: also "Ray of Light" (the "hardware store song");
Musician: Imagination Movers
CD: Imagination Movers in the car or books on tape like "Brother Bear," Tchin's Native-American folktales, and Dr. Seuss
Color: pink (and red, in a pinch, "because it's like pink")
Number: 5, her age
Food: CHOCOLATE! (esp molten lava cake, cocoa crinkles, and brownies), chicken fingers, dim sum dishes like shumai, fish balls, khao thom (rice porridge with soy sauce), cha siao bao (bbq pork buns), khanom toy (custard cups), chicken potstickers, mango, "anything crunchy," (unfavorite: anything with sauce or cheese or beans)
Flavor: CHOCOLATE
Animal: bunnies!
Day of the Week: weekends with Mama, Babysitter or swim lesson days
Ice Cream: chocolate
Candy: M&Ms, Tootsie Rolls, Hershey bars
Restaurant: Chinese, especially at the restaurant for the lunch special with soup; Dim Sum in Flushing; Japanese for shumai and yakitori; Bertucci's (esp the rolls) and "chip" restaurant which both have "crunchy" chicken
Toy/Thing: Shirt, Amy the bunny, little pieces (like Playmobil, Pet Shop, or dollhouse bits),
Thing to do: cook and bake (esp cookies); arts and crafts; computer games; talking to Gommie on the computer; having a "deli picnic"; play camp out;
Place to go: "dinosaur museum" (AMNH); library; visiting grandparents and their beaches;
Saying/Words: To Bud, "Wait for me!"; "Mom, Bud's doing . . . "
Happy thoughts every night: Mommy, Mama, Sis, and Bud
What she wants to be when she grows up (the list from tonight was her idea): artist
Mommy
Book: just finished Lonesome Dove and really enjoyed it; Karen Maezen Miller's Hand Wash Cold; Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Movie: waiting for the next Harry Potter
TV show: just not watching any tv right now
Song: "Hollaback Girl" loudly when I'm alone
Musician: as always, Indigo Girls
CD: listening to Rent right now
Color: purple, rainbow
Number: 12
Food: Heirloom beans; CSA veggies esp kale; homemade bread
Flavor: Chocolate, cardamom, rose;
Animal: sea otters, groundhogs, hedgehogs, cats, koalas, pandas, owls
Day of the Week: Saturday
Flower: rose
Ice Cream: Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla; sweet cream
Magazine: Shambhala Sun; Saveur; Archaeology; Brain, Child; Mothering
Restaurant: Bloodroot and Bertucci's (talk about polar opposites) and Tex Mex
Toy/Thing: my laptop!, bread machine, iPod, olla de barro clay pot;
Poet: not currently
Author: no one currently
Blogs: KAF baking blog; Cakewrecks.com; Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
Thing to do: blog, breadbaking, read the paper, talk to friends
Place to go: craft store, bookstore, Starbucks, Silk Road exhibition at AMNH, Whole Foods, Bloodroot
Saying/Words: "health and safety"
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