New New Year's Tradition

I agree with my brother, Robert (Yeah!  He has a blog!) about New Year's resolutions.  Why wait for a certain calendar day to make changes in your life?  But I don't think I am hypocritical using the start of a new year to start a new tradition.  At the breakfast table, I interviewed each kid to see what's the same and different about them.  We'll do this every year to chart some of the changes they've made as they grow up (way too quickly, for my taste!)  Of course, the kids wanted to know about Jason and me,too.  So here are the results, along with some embarrassing pictures, to keep things interesting.

Tyler-

Favorite Breakfast- Life cereal

Favorite Lunch- Pizza

Favorite Dinner- Ribs

Favorite color- Green

Favorite TV show- "Old" Fairly Odd Parents

Favorite Book from 2008- "Science Fair" by Dave Barry and Ridley Scott

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- Play video games

If Ty had $1,000,000, he would . . . "carefully plan out and buy the small things in life."  (After some clarifying questions, Ty said he wouldn't buy any one big thing just a lot of little things, like video games.)

Best Friend- Austin F.

Best Part of School- Lunch

Worst Part of School- English ("Not my least favorite teacher, though.")

Emily-

Favorite Breakfast- Hashbrowns

Favorite Lunch- Burritos or Tostados

Favorite Dinner- Ribs, Potato Soup, Salad, Steak or Bratwurst

Favorite color- Black

Favorite TV Show- "Anything I can watch with Mom and Dad."  (Bizarre Foods, Game Shows and AFV)

Favorite Book-  She couldn't decide.  Em will read anything and everything.  Her favorites are anything funny or mysterious.  Or mysteriously funny.

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- Play any Animal Crossing video game and "CRAFTS!"

If Emily had $1,000,000, she would . . . go to Disney World, buy video games, crafts, WebKinz, BellaSara cards and "save the rest."

Best Friend(s)- Teya M, Katie D, and Emma P

Best Part of School- Math and Music

Worst Part of School- Science, Social Studies and (!) Reading

Randy-

Favorite Breakfast- Muffins ("Not blueberry")and French Toast

Favorite Lunch- (He couldn't think of anything "favorite" for lunch.)

Favorite Dinner-  Pizza

 and Root Beer

Favorite Color- Red (His favorite color has been purple for years, until he changed it a month ago.)

Favorite TV Show- Any game show

Favorite Book- Comic and joke books

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- Wii, Computer and Video Games

If Randy had $1,000,000 he would . . . "buy Galgammon (Digimon) and a boxing sandbag."

Best Friend- Joshua T

Best Part of School- Math

Worst Part of School-  Science

Lucy- 

Favorite Breakfast- French Toast (with no crusts)

Favorite Lunch- Waffles

Favorite Dinner- Cocoa Krispies (Sense a trend?  And, no, she doesn't eat cereal for dinner.  Very often.)

Favorite color- Pink

Favorite TV show- Tom and Jerry

Favorite Book- "Princess" books

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- "Playing on preschool swings"

If Lucy had $1,000,000, she would . . . "get a camera."

Best Friend- Lydia D

Best Part of School- Puppets

Worst Part of School-  Rest Time

Jason-

Favorite Breakfast- "Homemade Yeast Waffles"

Favorite Lunch- Leftover meatloaf

Favorite Dinner- Meatloaf, Chicken Parmesan, Orange Chicken and Ribs

Favorite Color- Dark Blue

Favorite TV Show- The Office, Life

Favorite Book- "The Book of Mormon, of course," Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- Play board games with the family

If Jason had $1,000,000, he would . . . ("Buy a fur coat, but not a real fur coat.  That's cruel.")  Pay off debt and save the rest.  Maybe go back to school.

Best Friend- Karen W

Best Thing about Work- Friday afternoon and a paycheck

Worst Thing about Work- "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning." Stress and uncertainty

Karen- 

Favorite Breakfast- Waffles

Favorite Lunch- Leftovers

Favorite Dinner- Date Night with my husband

Favorite color- Chocolate Brown

Favorite TV Show- The Office, Life and (yes, I'm a geek) Top Gear (on BBC-America)

Favorite Book of 2008- "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom (read again for the zillionth time)

Favorite Fun Thing to Do- Date Night, Crochet and watch TV, play board games

If Karen had $1,000,000, she would . . . buy Jason a motorcycle, take family on cool annual vacations and pay off debt. (In that order!)

Best Friend- Jason W

Best Part of Job- Flexibility

Worst Part of Job- Never "finished"- laundry, dishes, dinner,etc.

And I have too many embarrassing pictures to post.  But here's a pretty embarrassing video of my musical talents.