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.

Interview with C - aged almost 7.

Two years ago I wrote two blog posts where I interviewed C and Bug.  Their answers were both entertaining and enlightening and told me a bit about them as little people.  Two years on I repeated the interviews to see how their answers had changed, and this time I recorded them!  Here is C's interview this time around:

First of all, it's worth noting that this was my third attempt at getting C to come and talk to me in front of the webcam.  In the end I told him that I gave up and would get his sister to do her interview first, and that seemed to prompt him to get on and give it a go!

Hello C.

Hello.

How are you?

Nice

How old are you?

6

When's your birthday?

seventeen days.

Tell me about your school.

My teacher is called Miss Dawson.

Do you like school?

Yes

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

RE

What's your favourite thing at playtime?

Playing.

Uh huh!  Who with, and what with?  Who do you play with?

Faith

What do you play?

Skipping.

And why is RE your favourite subject.

'Cos I like all the gods in the stories.

What's your favourite thing to do at home?  Think about all your toys.  What's your favourite ones?  ... model railway? Lego? 

 Lego.

Do you like it outside?  

Yes

Why?

Because I like riding on my bike.

Tell me what you think about your sister.   

She's funny.  

Why?  

Because she tells me jokes.  Does she?  Are you sure?  She is funny.

What about the rest of your family?  

They're nice.

And now some quick questions:

Favourite colour?  Purple

Favourite toy?  My Lego.

Favourite clothes?  What does that mean?  Which ones are your favourite clothes, what do you like wearing the most?  Beaver Uniform?  Shorts and T-shirt?  All of them.

Favourite toy?

My Lego.

Favourite story or book?  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and my favourite author is Roald Dahl.

Favourite song?  My Old Man's a Dustman.

Favourite thing on TV?  Top Gear.

Thank you very much C, do you have any questions for me?  Umm no.  Thank you for doing this interview.

Ta Ra.  

Do pop back in the next week or so to see the interview with Bug.  She's a very different character, as you'll see very clearly from her answers and her confidence in front of the camera.  For a start it will take me about three times as long to type up the transcript of her interview because she talks a lot more than C!