Ben 20 questions, age 3

The interview itself took place over the course of several days. He would only answer a few questions before saying, "I don't want to talk to you anymore!" My words; Ben's words.

1. What is your favorite color? orange and green
2. What is your favorite toy? Zuma. You don't have a Zuma toy. Marshall that's stuck in his truck [like this], Rubble that's stuck in his digger [like this], Chase that's stuck in his truck [like this].
3. What is your favorite fruit? apple 
4. What is your favorite tv show? Teenage Muni Turtles [that's TMNT] and Paw Patrol 
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Well, it's pizza
6. What is your favorite outfit? Ice cream shirt [from the Blue Bell Creamery]. I can make ice cream by my own self!! And jeans.
7. What is your favorite game? My favorite game is the hotel game that we used to swim in the hotel. [He's talking about Pictureka (just the cards, not the board game), which we bought while staying in a hotel with a pool.]
8. What is your favorite snack? goldfish snack
9. What is your favorite animal? CAAATS!
10. What is your favorite song? [singing "Do Something" by Matthew West] I'm sick and tired of life with no desire. I don't want a flame. I want a fire! [but lately he's more likely to request "Low Down the Chariot" by the Gaither Vocal Band. Like father, like son.]
11. What is your favorite book? My favorite book is...is...Toy Story! [a Toy Story 3 book]
12. Who is your best friend? Daddy and Nate and Mama and Mikey [TMNT]
13. What is your favorite cereal? Oatmeal
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? I can play in the dirt with cars
15. What is your favorite drink? My favorite drink is milk only.
16. What is your favorite holiday? A holiday from school with drinking milk. Do we have milk in this house?
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my blankie and my animals and books and my flashlight
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? I like omelette!
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? When I'm growned up, I can wear my ice cream shirt and make ice cream!

Nate 20 questions, age 4

1. What is your favorite color? red 
2. What is your favorite toy? McQueen car
3. What is your favorite fruit? grapes! (with a jump) 
4. What is your favorite tv show? Ninja Turtles! 
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? popcorn Popcorn is a lunch? Yep! 
6. What is your favorite outfit? McQueen shirt and Mickey Mouse shorts 
7. What is your favorite game? Candy Land 
8. What is your favorite snack? ABC snack (little cookies shaped like letters) 
9. What is your favorite animal? horse 
10. What is your favorite song? Siku Ni Hii (This is the Day in Swahili)
11. What is your favorite book? McQueen 
12. Who is your best friend? Don!
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios 
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? to run! Fastest like Don! 
15. What is your favorite drink? trocopical juice (mix of tropical fruit juices)
16. What is your favorite holiday? my birthday!! 
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my blankie and my animals and my covers and my 2 pillows 
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Donuts is my breakfast!
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? my cake Just cake? Pizza and crunchy chicken and my cake
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to drive a car and I want to be a fireman because I have a helmet. I'm a superhero — look!
and with that, he was off...

Nate 20 questions, age 3

1. What is your favorite color? red
2. What is your favorite toy? blocks
3. What is your favorite fruit? orange [not true - grapes are his favorite]
4. What is your favorite tv show? Fireman Sam and Dora
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter and honey sandwich and grapes, too!
6. What is your favorite outfit? jeans and my Fireman Sam shirt
7. What is your favorite game? memory
8. What is your favorite snack? chips! Yeah, potato chips. I want some potato chips!!
9. What is your favorite animal? zebra and some giraffes!
10. What is your favorite song? Baa, Baa Black Sheep
11. What is your favorite book? Dora book or maybe The Saggy Baggy [Elephant]
12. Who is your best friend? Baby! [that's Ben]
13. What is your favorite cereal? maybe raisin bran
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? play in the snow! [it's snowing today]
15. What is your favorite drink? apple juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? BIRTHDAAAAY
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Elmo and blanket and pillow
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? bacon and sausage
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? pizza [cousin Lauren says, "Yup. That's my boy."]
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? a fireman!