An Interview with 9 Year Old Dawson

When Dawson turned three I started the tradition of doing a yearly "interview" with him.  It's fun to see how some answers change and others stay the same from year to year.  He's really growing up! Here are the same questions I ask every year and their responses from my big NINE year old!

1. What is your favorite color?  blue

2. What is your favorite toy? all of them

3. What is your favorite fruit?  Grapes

4. What is your favorite tv show?  Story Bots

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Grilled Cheese

6. What is your favorite outfit or things to wear?  Jeans and a Nice Shirt

7. What is your favorite game? Switch

8. What is your favorite snack? Goldfish

9. What is your favorite animal?  Giraffe

10. What is your favorite song? Rocky Top

 11. What is your favorite book? all books...well, all Fiction books

12. Who is your best friend?  Carson

13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms, but I'd rather have a pancake

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Fish 

15. What is your favorite drink? Sprite and that kind of special sprite we had at Christmas (cranberry sierra mist)

16. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Panda

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Hamburger or a Cheeseburger

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Farmer OR a fisherman

Now, for fun.  I'm showing his past answers below...

AGE 8:

1. What is your favorite color?  blue

2. What is your favorite toy? Legos

3. What is your favorite fruit?  Grapes

4. What is your favorite tv show?  Wild Kratts

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Grilled Cheese

6. What is your favorite outfit or things to wear?  Life is Good Shirt

7. What is your favorite game? Uno

8. What is your favorite snack? Goldfish

9. What is your favorite animal?  Giraffe

10. What is your favorite song? Rocky Top

 11. What is your favorite book? Fly Guy

12. Who is your best friend?  Samir Derek Carson Noah Jordan Colt

13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Fish 

15. What is your favorite drink? Sprite and Crush

16. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Snoopy and Panda

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Waffle

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Whats your favorite thing to eat for dinner pizza

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Farmer.  I’ll have more animals than plants

AGES 7, 6, 5, 4, and 3:

1. What is your favorite color? 

at 7 years old: every color…blue, orange, red green.

at 6 years old:orange and blue

at 5 years old: BLACK, BUT I WILL SWITCH TO ANOTHER COLOR SOON
at 4 years old: Green 
at 3 years old: Green

2. What is your favorite toy?

at 7 years old: Legos!

at 6 years old: Outside: my bike and inside: my workshop

at 5 years old:MY JOHN DEERE GATOR 
at 4 years old: My Gator, Mower, Trailer, Campfire (we had a fire in the firepit the previous night and he calls this campfire), and my horse hospital-a new birthday gift.  
at 3 years old: My trailer and my John Deere!!

3. What is your favorite fruit? 

at 7 years old:grapes, strawberries, apples

at 6 years old: grapes and pineapple

at 5 years old:GRAPES-BOTH COLOR GRAPES!
at 4 years old: Red and green apples
at 3 years old: strawberry

4. What is your favorite tv show?

at 7 years old:Curious George

at 6 years old: Curious George

at 5 years old:BANANAS IN PAJAMAS and BUSYTOWN MYSTERIES
at 4 years old:Word World!!!
at 3 years old: I don't know!

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?

at 7 years old:mac and cheese

at 6 years old:Grilled Cheese

at 5 years old:GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH
at 4 years old:Macaroni and Cheese
at 3 years old: Chicken Salad

6. What is your favorite outfit or things to wear?

at 7 years old: Golf Shirts and khaki or blue shorts

at 6 years old: My short sleeve button down and my pants with a belt and a hat and my workin’ shoes.

At 5 years old:SHORT SLEEVES AND SHORTS
at 4 years old: My Ninja Turtle Shirt from Target (we purchased this the day before), shorts NOT PANTS, I really like khaki and white shorts the best!
at 3 years old: Gym Shorts, boat shoes, bow ties (hopefully he doesn't want to wear these three together!)

7. What is your favorite game?

at 7 years old: Candy Land

at 6 years old:Head Banz and I Spy

at 5 years old:CANDY LAND
at 4 years old: Candy Land and playing Temple Run on Mommy's Phone
at 3 years old: playing ROWDY with Daddy (laughing!)

8. What is your favorite snack?

at 7 years old: Yogurt

at 6 years old:Goldfish and Candy

 at 5 years old:GOLDFISH and PIRATES BOOTY
at 4 years old:Goldfish
at 3 years old: Suckers!

9. What is your favorite animal?

at 7 years old: Tiger, Monkey, our lizard Slinky

at 6 years old:Dog and River Otter

at 5 years old:ELEPHANT
at 4 years old: Kittycat
at 3 years old: owl

10. What is your favorite song?

at 7 years old: Pete Squirrel

at 6 years old: Ain’t No Bugs on Me

at 5 years old:JINGLE BELLS
at 4 years old:Wagon Wheel
at 3 years old: Veggie Tales

11. What is your favorite book?

at 7 years old:Clark the Shark

at 6 years old: Every book, and the Eye Spy book

at 5 years old:MR POPPERS PENGUINS
at 4 years old:The Cat in the Hat and Charlotte's Web
at 3 years old: The Three Little Pigs by Dr. Seuss (any book title he talks about right now, he always says it's by Dr. Seuss)

12. Who is your best friend?

at 7 years old: Carson, Evan, Alexa, Tipton, Jamiah

at 6 years old:Carson, Colt, Charlie, Bailey, Evan, Rowan,

at 5 years old:BAILEY!  SHE'S MY FRIEND AND SHE'S A GIRL!  
at 4 years old:Wait a second, Mommy, I'm trying to tell you something about working in the yard and you asked me another question!  -proceeds to tell me about how he needs to mow the grass, then answers the question:  Colt, Charlie, Carter, and some more like all the ones that were at my party
at 3 years old: Charlie Gibson, Daddy, and Jude

13. What is your favorite cereal?

at 7 years old: Lucky Charms

at 6 years old: Fruit Loops

at 5 years old:CHEERIOS
at 4 years old:Lucky Charms
at 3 years old: I don't know!

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?

at 7 years old: Play on the playset or the Gator

at 6 years old: Pick up the yard and stuff and do outside chores

at 5 years old:RIDE MY GATOR, PLAY IN MY NEW PLAYHOUSE, AND WORK IN THE YARD, AND PLAY IN THE POOL 
at 4 years old:Swing and ride the John Deere Gator
at 3 years old: Ride mine John Deere and chase the birdies

15. What is your favorite drink?

at 7 years old:juice, sprite, lemonade

at 6 years old: Lemonade

at 5 years old:APPLE JUICE and THOSE KOOLAID SQUEEZES I GET AT THE GAS STATION SOMETIMES
at 4 years old:Apple juice
at 3 years old: Juice

16. What is your favorite holiday? 

at 7 years old: Christmas

at 6 years old: Halloween and Christmas and Valentine’s

at 5 years old: CHRISTMAS! I LOVE ADVENT GIFTS!!!!! AND I LOVE CHRISTMAS TREES!
at 4 years old: Christmas!  Hey, do you think Charlie the Elf will hid in our house again at the next Christmas?
at 3 years old: I don't know!

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? 

at 7 years old:Panda

at 6 years old:Panda

at 5 years old:TIG THE TIGER, PANDA, AND TIP TOP THE GIRAFFE
at 4 years old:Panda 
at 3 years old: Panda! Panda Doggie and Panda Turtle and BBB (big brown blanket)

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

at 7 years old: Biscuits, and remember sometimes you make cinnamon rolls and strudels…I like those too!

at 6 years old: Biscuits

at 5 years old:SAUSAGE IN A BISCUIT
at 4 years old:Cereal
at 3 years old: Biscuit with the butter not melted (??)

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? 

at 7 years old:Candy and Water (haha!)

at 6 years old: CANDY!!  And s’mores that you get from the fire not that you make inside…I like to burn them to make them taste better

at 5 years old:MEAT MUFFINS (this is what Carter and Dawson started calling the mini-meatloaves I've been making lately from turkey and oatmeal-I am so glad they like these because they're healthy-and easy!)
at 4 years old:Corn (?!)
at 3 years old: Mac and Cheese

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? 

at 7 years old: A farmer and a strawberry picker

at 6 years old:  farmer I’ll have all kinds of things like tractors, dog, and stuff like all vegitables and apples.  And I hope my squirrels won’t eat my apples!  And a lot of cows, goats, chickens, and pigs!  And 2 cats and 3 dogs

at 5 years old:A FARMER!
at 4 years old: I'm going to be a farmer!at 3 years old: Bentley!