Interview with Bug - aged 5 1/2

Two years ago I interviewed my children C (almost 5) and Bug (3 1/2) for this blog.  Their answers were both entertaining and enlightening, so last week I repeated the interviews, and this year filmed them.  Last week I posted C's interview (aged almost 7), this week is the turn of his little sister, Bug.

I had no difficulty getting Bug to sit in front of the camera - she loves the lens!

Here we go:

Hello Isobel.

Hello.  

I'm going to do an interview with you, is that all right?

Yes

How old are you?

Five

Tell me about your school.

Well, it's fun, and we're just coming up to our school play.

Wow.  What are you doing in the school play?

I'm doing the girls' song, the whole song, and our class song.

And what do you have to wear?

You have to wear a red skirt, a white shirt and a blue headscarf for the class song, the girls do.  And the boys have to wear blue trousers, and I don't know what the other colour for the top is, I think it might be a red top.  And... and the girls have to wear a black for the girls song.  The boys have to wear... I can't remember what the boys have to wear.

That's all right.  Can you tell me about your friends at school?

Well, I want to tell you about the clothes we wear in the whole school song.

Go on, you tell me about those then.

We need to wear colourful clothes for that, and I wear my orange, green and blue shorts, and my blue Mickey Mouse top.

And what about your friends then.  What can you tell me about your friends?

My friend Sally is really kind to me, and my friend Lucy - she is really kind to me.  Sally and me sometimes pretend we're having holidays.  

That's nice.

And we dress up with the dressing up.  And as well we play in the aeroplane when we're pretending to go on holiday. 

That sounds fun.  What's your favourite thing to do at school?

My favourite thing to do at school is playing in the workshop area.

Are you looking forward to going into Year One?

Yes

Why.

Because Year One will be doing a little bit of playing.

Do you like it outside?

Yes.

What do you like to do outside?

I like to play outside in Year One to find fossils in the chalky stuff.

What do you like to do at home.  What's your favourite thing to do at home?

My favourite thing to do at home is to play with my toys and play outside.

Tell me what you think about your brother.

He's quite nice and only sometimes he hurts me.  

Does he hurt you?

Sometimes.

Do you hurt him?

No.

Are you sure?

I do sometimes.

What about the rest of the family?

Well, I love you.  And I love Daddy.

Thank you.  Do you love Charlie?

Yeah.

That's good.  What about Nana and Grandad and Grandma and Grandad?

I like them as well.

That's good.  Are you ready for some quick questions?  Favourite colour?

Pink

Favourite toy?  Unicorns and Barbies.

What about Teddy?

Oh yes and Teddy.  Just Teddy.

Favourite clothes. 

The clothes that I'm wearing. (shows)

Favourite story or book.  

My favourite story is Black Beauty.

Favourite thing on TV?

CBeebies and Blue Peter.

Favourite film?

The BFG and Peter Pan and The Lion King, and Matilda and Frozen and The Little Mermaid.

Wow!

Favourite food.

Spicy chicken, chorizo, chocolate and ice cream and even sweets.

And curry?  Yes curry and paella.

What do you want to do when you grow up?

I want to be a hotel owner. 

Wow.  Why?

So I can look after you when you're old.

Oh thanks!

Thankyou for being in my interview.  Have you got any questions for me?

Yes.  What's your favourite food.

That's a tricky one.  I think it has to be jelly.  Jelly still.

What's your favourite colour.

Green

I think yellow as well.  

Yes I do like yellow as well.

And, um...  what's your favourite clothes?

My rainbow coloured woollen jacket jumper thing.

I know where that is.  It's under my bed. 

No, that's another one.  It's on my hanging rail.

Thank you, are you ready to pop down?  Thank you very much.  See you later.

And that's where we are with her!  Bug in a large nutshell.  Loving my kids.