10 Questions

Day 15

The past couple of days I have been wondering how I could do something a little different while my mom is here. After reading Brooke's comment about having my mom be a guest blogger an idea popped into my head. I know my mom wouldn't probably want to do a whole post by herself but what if we do it together. This is how it will work! I will type a question and literally turn to her and type her exact answer. Alright!! Lets dim the lights have my mom enter from stage right and get started.

Ryan: How old were you in this picture and where are we?

Mom: I am 23 and we were in a trailer house by Gary and Shari's (My aunt and uncle)

Ryan: You also raised three kids, What was it like way back when we were all babies?

Mom: You were never babies all at the same time. There is 2 years between you and Shawn and 5 years between you and Josh. When you and Shawn were little, Shawn was always going and talking and running, you were so much more calmed and relaxed. So it was easy to have you together.

Ryan: I wish that was the case now.

Ryan: In saying that, Kristi and I have always said Easton is exactly like Shawn and Owen is like me. Can you see that resemblance?

Mom: ABSOLUTELY!! At the Airport Easton would check me out and smile and Owen started to cry! Then in the car Easton started to laugh right away and it took Owen half the car ride home to warm up and smile.

Ryan: With that said, I kind of remember a story that you told me a long time ago about being a quite baby. In fact one time you had to pull over to see if I was breathing. Is that true?

Mom: Actually, You hated confinement and I had you all wrapped up and covered with a blanket and I had to pull over because you were totally SCREAMING and I had to pull over to see what was wrong. When I lifted the blanket,I saw that you were covered in sweat and beat red and at that young age I knew right then that you were claustrophobic.

Ryan: It's funny that you say that because I hate being in tight places and I can totally see that.

Ryan: One of the greatest things I learned happen when we were grilling dinner and I wanted to see what would happen if I put lighter fluid onto the grill. The only problem was that the steaks were already on the grill. When you went into the house I decided to try it and when you came back I asked, "What would happen if I got lighter fluid on the steaks?" You said, "Is that what happen?" I replied, "No!" Then you asked again, "Ryan did you do it?" I replied, "NO!" Then you said,"I promise I won't do anything to you I just need to know if you did it?" I then replied, "Yes I did!" Your response was, "Go to your room and you will not be eating tonight" I then said, "But you said nothing would happen to me?" Your response, "Well, now you know what it feels like to be lied to!" Do you remember this and is there any story like this with your parents?

Mom: To add to that story. You did not say "Yes!" until I told you we would all die if we ate that meat and then I told you that you weren't being punished for doing it you were being punished for lying!

I remember my parents said that I couldn't ride my bike to the Dairy Queen and I did anyway to meet my friend and my dad came up and told me, "To get my butt home and I was confined to my room for the night!"

Ryan: Now, you had 2 brothers and 1 sister. What was it like in your house back then?

Mom: Honestly, My sister and I were best friends back then and we did everything together. John was 3 years younger and Mark was 7 years younger. They played together and Janelle and I did our own thing. It wasn't until we got older when we became all friends. We also never went out to eat, ever. It isn't like it is today we really never went anywhere except to go and get groceries on Saturday's. We stayed home and rode our bikes (with no helmets) played baseball, hide and seek, and played on the neighbor's fence until they would come out and yell at us to get off!

Ryan: I remember the day that I called you to tell you that we are having twins. I didn't want to come out and tell you straight out so I thought I would try and be clever an come up with an idea for you to figure it out so I asked, "What comes to mind when you think of Kirby Puckett?" I hate to say it but you STRUGGLED, STRUGGLED BAD!! Even after you came up with the fact he played for the Minnesota Twins and I told you to take off Minnesota you replied, "He was a good baseball player!" What was your thought after I told you that we were having twins?

Mom: I do remember saying baseball, chubby, famous, and I had no clue. (Words that came to mind when I said Kirby) I never thought of the Twins part but then again I'm not a huge sport fan like you kids are. As far as having twins. I was very, very excited. I never thought our family would have twins but it's just been awesome but my initial thought was, "That is going to be so much work with twins and a year and a half year old that I'm so glad I'm just the grandma!"

(I WISH I HAD A PICTURE OF POONIE BUT I DO NOT!)

Ryan: I think it is a known fact that your not a "DOG" person and your not going to be taking Riley on any walks anytime soon. The question I have is when I was really young we had a dog named Poonie. What type of dog was she and where did the name Poonie come from?

Mom: Poonie was a rat terrier. Which is a small dog and the name came from a TV show where the nurse was named Poonie and she worked for a doctor in Hawaii. If anyone knows Hawaiian they can tell me what it means.

Ryan: I just have to say that after my mom said that we did a little research and the first thing we found in our search was this: Poonie - 3 definitions - the female genitalia commonly referred to as Vagina. I'm not kidding when I say my mom is covering her face right now and almost fell over dead when we saw this.

Ryan: GREAT mom you named our dog after a Vagina!!

Mom:I am POSITIVE I never associated that name with that and it did not mean that 35 years ago.

Ryan: YA RIGHT!!

We were going to do 10 questions but after that how do you beat it!! Lets just exit stage left, turn off the lights and fade to black!!

This again just proves LIFE is just TOO FUNNY!!