You can be good at some things and you can not be good at some things.

There are times when I look at my 4-year-old daughter and wonder what is going through her head.

Sometimes, when upset or confused by something she has done, I ask, "What were you thinking?"

I decided to get some perspective by interviewing her. I think I should make a habit of this. I'll include my 7-year-old too. Maybe I'll have her write her own post sometime.

She is a morning person, I am not. She wakes me up with her friends :)

Tell me about yourself.

Well, I really like screen time and I'm always hungry and thirsty.

What do you do?

Well, I love to go to Park Day. Also, my name is Lydia. In case you put it on Facebook, people might not know my name.

What are you looking forward to?

Getting more allowance.

What are your strengths? (I had to explain that this meant things she is good at)

I'm good at doing somersaults. I'm also good at going potty.

What are your weaknesses?

I'm not good at doing a cartwheel. I can only do it like this. Miss Molly taught me. (demonstrates an attempted cartwheel).

What do you love?

I love bird cats. Fairy mermaid magic princesses.

What scares you?

Tarantulas.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I'm going to be an artist painter. Are those the same thing?

Who do you think should be president?

Whoever the president is. I've never met the president. I think Mommy should make all the rules.

What makes a good leader?

Mommy makes a good leader of the Homeschooling School. She tells everyone to do the right things.

What is the most important thing?

I think God and Jesus because they're the most powerfullest.

Where do you want to be?

In the jungle with my family.

Why do people get married?

Because then they have children and can be together.

Why do people have kids?

Because they just have kids when they get married.

When should people get married and have kids?

Whenever it's morning because then everyone's awake and comes to the wedding day.

What's it like to be 4?

You can be good at some things and you can not be good at some things.

What is Dad's job?

To be at work.

What is Mom's job?

To be a writer.

I was surprised with how she answered that last one. I thought she would say that my job is to take care of her, or be the teacher, or something. It makes me feel warm that she thinks my job is to be a writer. I wouldn't want to let her down. I will continue. 

This post is part of the 30 Day Challenge.

Questions & Answers

Hey guys! I'm wiped out!

Today I subbed all day. I spent the afternoon with kindergartners. You kindergarten teachers out there deserve an award, for sure! People think I'm patient for homeschooling but you who choose to spend your days with a fleet of needy 5-year-olds, well, you're way more patient than me! Whew.

I don't have it in me to write something spectacular today, but I do have some questions and answers for you. Since I'm asking you to respond, I figure I might give you a little information about what's coming up here.

Questions:

• Will you take a minute to read my first Faces of Homeschooling post? I need some feedback! 
• Is it too long?
• Is it at all interesting or helpful?
• What should I add or remove in the future?
• What would you like to see as far as the next edition goes?
• Why would I ever think that skipping afternoon coffee would end well?
• Would you believe that Scary Mommy has rejected me twice more since the first rejection a few weeks ago?

Answers:

• Tomorrow you'll have the joy of reading a funny interview with my 4-year-old.
• Within the next week, you'll get to peek into the lives of more homeschoolers. I'm in the process of interviewing about four families right now, and I can think of four super interesting families that I will be begging to talk with me.
• Coming next week is my Christmas list. Thought it'd be good to give you plenty of shopping time ;) I'd like to hear what you're asking for this year as well.
• Writing every day is seriously cutting into my TV time. Today I finally watched last week's episode of How to Get Away with Murder. OMG. The self control it took to sit on that for a week! You should be proud of me. 

That's all I've got for now! It's almost Friday...right?!

This cat absolutely refused to leave my lap while I typed this, so I figured she deserved a mention. 

This post is part of the 30 Day Challenge.