Our Favorite Questions

Here is our semi-annual blog questionnaire (last year's here), with two bonuses, from Gommie and Pop:


Sis

Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

TV show: "Phineas and Ferb"

Movie:  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Song:  Theme song of "Phineas and Ferb"

CD:  Mom's Glee CDs

Musician: 

Color:  pink

Number:  7

Food:  chocolate

Flavor:  chocolate

Animal:  bunny

Day of the Week:  Saturday and Sunday

Ice Cream:  chocolate

Candy: chocolate bar

Restaurant:  Bertucci's.

Toy/Thing:  Legos; Felicity doll; Shirt; Amy the bunny

Thing to do:  swim

Place to go:  I want to go to Hershey Park.

Saying/Words:  "Cat got your tongue?"

Happy thoughts every night: 

What she wants to be when she grows up:  a vet.

Bud
Book:  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

TV show: "Phineas and Ferb"

Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Song:  N/A

CD:  Mom's Glee CDs

Musician: 

Color:  blue

Number:  6

Food:  sushi

Flavor:  strawberry

Animal: penguin

Day of the Week:  I don't have one.

Ice Cream:  strawberry

Candy:  Mike and Ike's

Restaurant:  Bertucci's.

Toy/Thing:  Legos; DS.

Thing to do:  play chess.

Place to go:  Antarctica.

Saying/Words:  N/A

Happy thoughts every night:  N/A

What he wants to be when he grows up:  paleontolgist

Mommy
Book: currently, How to be Sick by Toni Bernhard, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Tova Bradley, and books by Sylvia Boorstein

TV show: "Glee"; "Tudors" season 3 and 4; "Firefly"; PBS special "Buddha"

Movie: Harry Potter series

Song: "Born this Way"

CD: Glee vol 7

Musician:  Indigo Girls;

Color: purple

Number:  12

Food:  PIZZA; homemade bread; beans;

Flavor:  chocolate; orange

Animal:  cats; pandas; groundhogs; otters

Day of the Week:  the weekend

Ice Cream:  I like the plain yogurt at Pinkberry right now

Candy: Teuscher's champagne truffles

Restaurant: Bloodroot

Toy/Thing: smartphone

Thing to do:  read; cook; date night; potholders with the kids;

Place to go:  anywhere out of the house

Saying/Words: It could be worse.  It is what it is.  

Happy thoughts every night:   my family.

What she wants to be when she grows up:  costumed historical interpreter!

Mama:
Book:  currently, Geraldine Brooks's Caleb's Crossing

TV show:  "Glee"

Movie:  N/A

Song: "Able to Sing"

CD: Beauty Queen Sister

Musician: Indigo Girls

Color:  forest green

Number: 13

Food:  sushi

Flavor:  cheddar sour cream and onion

Animal:  cats

Day of the Week:  Saturday

Ice Cream:  mango

Candy:  Gummi Bears

Restaurant:   Bloodroot

Toy/Thing:  Legos; iPad

Thing to do:  date night with Mommy; building Legos with the kids

Place to go:   NYC

Saying/Words:  What's your goal?

Happy thoughts every night: 

What she wants to be when she grows up:   fun and relaxed.

BONUS:

Gommie
Book:  currently The Greater Journey by David McCollough

TV show:  "The Good Wife"

Movie:  Avatar

Song: "Amazing Grace" (Judy Collins) and "Ave Maria"

CD:  N/A

Musician:  N/A 

Color:  light blue (it used to be green)

Number:  7

Food:  spaghetti

Flavor:  chocolate

Animal:  bighorn sheep 

Day of the Week: doesn't really matter

Ice Cream: caramel fudge

Candy: chocolate

Restaurant:  Via Emilia in Houston

Toy/Thing:  sudoku

Thing to do:  hike with Pop, go to movies

Place to go:  mountains

Saying/Words:  the Serenity Prayer

Happy thoughts every night: my happy family

What she wants to be when she grows up:  "I don't want to grow up."

Pop, as told mostly by Gommie
Book:  Empire of the Summer Moon

TV show: "Antiques Roadshow"

Movie:  Robin Hood

Song:  songs from Oklahoma, especially "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" and "Kansas City"

CD: N/A

Musician:  N/A

Color:  yellow

Number:  3

Food:  spaghetti

Flavor:   cinnamon

Animal:   ducks

Day of the Week:  Friday or the one when he's in nature

Ice Cream:  cinnamon or caramel apple

Candy:  Fire ranchers or Snickers

Restaurant:  Via Emilia in Houston

Toy/Thing:  binoculars

Thing to do:   watch wildlife

Place to go:   mountains, woods

Saying/Words:  "They're just loving life."

Happy thoughts every night:  "Tomorrow's another day."  "If some is good, more is better."

What he wants to be when he grows up:  a duck.