<strong><a href="http://writingtosanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_0231.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3504" style="margin: 8px;" title="Ethan &amp; Mary - Easter 2011" src="http://writingtosanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_0231-300x300.jpg" alt="ethan and mary - easter 2011" width="200" height="200" /></a>At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think  so?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan (age 9):  I don't know!  I think it's 18.  Why?  Because you told me so.

Mary (age 7):  20.  Because 19 is still teenage, so 20 is a grownup.<strong></strong>

<strong>If could change one rule that your family has, what would you change?</strong>

Ethan:  That we don't have to go to bed at the same time.  [What time would you go to bed?]  I'd give us another hour.

Mary:  HMM...thinking...HMM...not being grounded!  'Cause you always ground us!

<strong>What is something that makes your family special?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  UM... they give each other things, they care for each other.  That's all.

Mary:  We're one of a kind - there's no other family like us!

<strong>Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  Math, because if you don't know how to do math, then how do you know the price of things?

Mary:  Lessons - like if you do something bad and learn from it. [Does it always have to be bad things that teach us a lesson?]  No.

<strong>Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  Yeah.  I'm nice to my friends and I play with them.

Mary:  Yes.  I'm not a cheater and I don't laugh at bad things.

<strong>How would the world be different if animals could talk?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  That would be SO COOL!  We would be like Doctor Doolittle.

Mary:  Hehe!  I don't know!  It would be hilarious!

<strong>Would you cheat on a test if you knew you would not get caught? Why or why not?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  UM...cheating?  I couldn't cheat; we keep our folders up and my teacher looks everywhere.  So that means, no, I wouldn't cheat.

Mary:  No, because it's not fair.

<strong>If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?</strong>

Ethan:  I would be a famous construction worker who builds nice things that rich people live in.

Mary:  Dancing.  I'd be famous because I do it well!

<strong>If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?</strong>

<strong></strong>Ethan:  Invisible?  Not to be mean, but I would tease people.. like Harry Potter does with his cloak.  I would take people's pants down.

Mary:  I'd make people laugh.  Oh, wait, I have an idea.  If it was Halloween, I would scare people.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Ask your kid the same questions - what are some of the funny answers you receive?</h2>
[box type="note" style="rounded" border="full" icon="none"]Both kids were "game" to take part in this round of questions, and I'm grateful for that.  :)  Mary asked if people were going to read this.  I told her I was putting it on the Internet, on my blog, and she replied, "Yes!! Cooooool!!"  I am participating in the August 2011 <a title="NaBloPoMo" href="http://nablopomo.blogher.com/" target="_blank">NaBloPoMo</a> challenge.[/box]