Our Bi-Annual Tradition

Our birthday and New Year's tradition . . . (Note:  While Mama and I answered these in July, I just got the kids' answers today--Pokemon is a recent phenomenon and wouldn't have made the list on their birthdays!  Two months ago, favorites were Ninjago, Legos, "Phineas and Ferb", Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc, much like at Christmas.  Funny how similar the lists are, though, right?  Twin thing?)

Sis

Book: Runny Babbit

TV show:  "Pokemon"

Movie:  Pokemon:  Mew Two Strikes Back

Song:  Pokemon theme and Poke rap

Color:  pink

Number:  7

Food:  chocolate

Flavor:  chocolate

Animal: bunny

Day of the Week:  Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Ice Cream:  chocolate

Candy:  Tootsie Rolls

Restaurant:  Chinese food

Toy/Thing:   Pokemon figures

Thing to do:  play Pokemon and DS

Place to go:  swimming or the aquarium

Saying/Words:  "murph"

Happy thoughts every night:  bunnies, Pokemon, Pikachu

What she wants to be when she grows up:  vet

Bud

Book:  Hero Factory

TV show:  "Pokemon"

Movie:  Pokemon:  Mew Two Strikes Back

Song:  Pokemon theme and Poke rap

CD: 

Musician: 

Color:  blue

Number:   7

Food:   spaghetti

Flavor:  strawberry

Animal:  penguin

Day of the Week:  Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Ice Cream:  strawberry

Candy:  Skittles

Restaurant:  sushi

Toy/Thing:   Pokemon figures

Thing to do:  iPad apps

Place to go:   Antarctica

What he wants to be when he grows up:  an artist

Mama:

Book: Winnie the Pooh and The Emperor of All Maladies 

TV show: 2012 London Olympics

Movie:  Brave

Song:  "Ordinary Miracle"

Musician: Indigo Girls

Color:  forest green

Number:  13

Food:  Vietnamese banh mi

Flavor: sea salt 

Animal: panda-cat-manatee-koala-dragons

Day of the Week:  Saturday

Ice Cream:  Grapenut

Candy: gummi bears

Restaurant:  Wood's Seafood, Plymouth, MA or anywhere I can crack lobsters with Bud

Toy/Thing:  iPad

Thing to do:  Play DS with the kids or pet the cats
Place to go:  Almost anywhere overnight

Saying/Words:  What's your goal?

Happy thoughts every night: N/A

What she wants to be when she grows up: joyful

Me:

Book:  anything by Sylvia Boorstein; 97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman; 

TV show:  "Glee," "Smash," "Taste of History," 

Movie:  Brave

Song:  "Born this Way"

CD:  Brave soundtrack; songs from "Glee"

Color:  purple; rainbow

Number:  12

Food:  smoothies

Flavor:  chocolate

Animal:  sea otters

Day of the Week:  Saturday

Ice Cream:  strawberry soda ice cream

Candy:  dark chocolate

Restaurant:  Jamaican, Middle Eastern, Ethiopian, Indian

Toy/Thing:  juggling balls

Thing to do:  be with family, bake, blog, 

Place to go:  bookstore, together; weekend outings anywhere with family

Saying/Words:  "Keep calm and carry on"

Happy thoughts every night: my family

What I want to be when she grows up: I don't know, which is why I ask little kids--for ideas (cribbed from Paula Poundstone!)