Saturday, December 11, 2010

Our Favorite Things in 2010

Once again, we are mailing out a brief survey of our kids' favorite things with our Christmas cards in lieu of a formal Christmas letter.

Here is this year's survey:

activity
Zach: reading
Phoebe: playing DS, playing on the swings, reading, writing
Ben: playing outside with my friends

game
Zach: Dungeons and Dragons online
Phoebe: Apples to Apples
Ben: Sorry

song
Zach: Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Phoebe: Let It Be by The Beatles
Ben: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

book
Zach: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordian
Phoebe: anything by Holly Webb
Ben: Detective Dinosaur by James Skofield

show
Zach: Phineas and Ferb
Phoebe: Phineas and Ferb
Ben: Phineas and Ferb

Christmas carol
Zach: O Tannenbaum
Phoebe: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Ben: We Wish You A Merry Christmas

2010 memory
Zach: vacationing in Maine
Phoebe: playing with Penelope (our cat)
Ben: having a sleepover at my cousins' house

thing you're most thankful for
Zach: books
Phoebe: cats
Ben: video games

BONUS! EXCLUSIVE WEB-ONLY OUTTAKES!!

If you were an evil scientist, what kind of diabolical contraption would you build to take over Christmas?
Zach: an Anti-snow-inator that prevents snow from falling
Phoebe: a Forget-inator, which would make everyone in the tri-state area forget about Christmas
Ben: a disappear-inator, that would make Santa disappear and make all of the children cry

If there is life on other planets, how do they celebrate Christmas?
Zach: making lists of their favorite things
Phoebe: eat turkey and stuffing
Ben: just like us

What do you think Santa would like to find under his tree?
Zach: a new sleigh
Phoebe: penguins
Ben: a stuffed teddy bear

Before he moved to the North Pole, where was Santa Claus from?
Zach: Pluto
Phoebe: the United States
Ben: New York. He used to sleep on the Empire State Building.

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