October 5th 2008
Relocation Questions and Answers with Abby and Zoë
Q: Do you like the snow?
Z: Yes. Sledding and having hot chocolate after you come in from playing.
A: Yes, I like to go sledding and make snow angels.
Q: Do you want to live where it snows sometimes? Every year?
A: Yes, Yes.
Z: Yes, Yes.
(Despite our displeasure and inconveniences with the snow, it seems the girls look forward to hot coco, sledding and the snow.)
Q: Where should we move to?
Z: I think we should move to Germany, because I would like to have an oven and make cookies sometimes. I want to see how it looks like, and see the (princess) castles there.
A: France. Because I just want to live there and learn some French.
(We are not sure where these answers have come from, we haven't talked about France much before, but have mentioned that the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany is where the inspiration for the Cinderella Castle originated.)
Q: Is it important to live near a library?
A: Yes. Because I want to go to story time and pick out my own books.
Z: No. (but later changed her mind after hearing Abby's response)
Q: What is important to have nearby where you live?
Z: A library (despite the initial reaction above), playgrounds, swimming, parks, church. I would like to live on a boat. I would make friends at gymnastics.
A: I would like to have stores, supermarkets, walking places, church, school, to look at some castles, parks, where there are fireworks, and we can buy some glow sticks, somewhere where it snows.
Q: What would you rather have near by, a pool or a beach?
Z: Beach. (Although she doesn't like going into the water much, she enjoys the sand, digging and finding shells)
A: Pool. Because you get to swim more than we do at the beach. And we can easily go home afterwards. Because I would like to live in a building that has an elevator.
Q: What language do you want to speak?
Z: I want to speak 5 languages. English, Brazil, French, China, Japanese. When I am a mom I will speak 5 languages.
A: French and English, and I want to take trips to the United States. I am going to speak 5 languages too. French (pronounced Fran - ch) , Brazil, America, Germany, red dot and white flag one (Japanese)
Q: Why do you want to learn different languages?
Z: Because I want to talk to Brazilian people, chinese people. God lives in a castle far away.
A: Because it is nice to learn some different languages, so you can speak to other people and probably go there and take some trips there. And I want to see what it looks like there, and see if they have any castles and I want to be on a plane ride. I want to find some animals and horses, and take some pony rides.
Q: Do you want to live in an apartment or a house?
A: In a house. Because there are ovens in a house. Because I like ovens and I like to bake. And if company comes over, I will bake some cakes, and I can make cakes for anyone's birthday. (When I asked if the apartment had an oven, where then) Still the house, because it has a tub, and the apartment doesn't. When I mentioned that we could have tub here in the apartment, she still said the house, because she doesn't want to live somewhere so small. I want a hammock and stores to walk to close by and a pool on an island.
Z: A house like Nonno Ernie's with a bathtub with jets in it. I want to live with Nonno Ernie, with ovens.
They started to get silly towards the end, so we had to wrap it up. But I think we can determine some things they are interested in.
Larger living accommodations. (This apartment is 750 square feet, about half the size of our home). They didn't mention wanting a yard to play in, but rather a park near by, and a playground.
Living near the beach isn't such a large factor for them as we had thought.
They would like to have some conveniences, like an oven and a tub. They enjoy cooking and baking.
They would like to have snow occasionally and enjoy winter, despite being cold. They also like the seasonal changes.
They enjoy travelling and speaking different languages. (I am not sure if they are just mirroring my own likes or being sincere)
Our next place will need to meet some of these requirements, like having an oven and a tub. :)
Z: Yes. Sledding and having hot chocolate after you come in from playing.
A: Yes, I like to go sledding and make snow angels.
Q: Do you want to live where it snows sometimes? Every year?
A: Yes, Yes.
Z: Yes, Yes.
(Despite our displeasure and inconveniences with the snow, it seems the girls look forward to hot coco, sledding and the snow.)
Q: Where should we move to?
Z: I think we should move to Germany, because I would like to have an oven and make cookies sometimes. I want to see how it looks like, and see the (princess) castles there.
A: France. Because I just want to live there and learn some French.
(We are not sure where these answers have come from, we haven't talked about France much before, but have mentioned that the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany is where the inspiration for the Cinderella Castle originated.)
Q: Is it important to live near a library?
A: Yes. Because I want to go to story time and pick out my own books.
Z: No. (but later changed her mind after hearing Abby's response)
Q: What is important to have nearby where you live?
Z: A library (despite the initial reaction above), playgrounds, swimming, parks, church. I would like to live on a boat. I would make friends at gymnastics.
A: I would like to have stores, supermarkets, walking places, church, school, to look at some castles, parks, where there are fireworks, and we can buy some glow sticks, somewhere where it snows.
Q: What would you rather have near by, a pool or a beach?
Z: Beach. (Although she doesn't like going into the water much, she enjoys the sand, digging and finding shells)
A: Pool. Because you get to swim more than we do at the beach. And we can easily go home afterwards. Because I would like to live in a building that has an elevator.
Q: What language do you want to speak?
Z: I want to speak 5 languages. English, Brazil, French, China, Japanese. When I am a mom I will speak 5 languages.
A: French and English, and I want to take trips to the United States. I am going to speak 5 languages too. French (pronounced Fran - ch) , Brazil, America, Germany, red dot and white flag one (Japanese)
Q: Why do you want to learn different languages?
Z: Because I want to talk to Brazilian people, chinese people. God lives in a castle far away.
A: Because it is nice to learn some different languages, so you can speak to other people and probably go there and take some trips there. And I want to see what it looks like there, and see if they have any castles and I want to be on a plane ride. I want to find some animals and horses, and take some pony rides.
Q: Do you want to live in an apartment or a house?
A: In a house. Because there are ovens in a house. Because I like ovens and I like to bake. And if company comes over, I will bake some cakes, and I can make cakes for anyone's birthday. (When I asked if the apartment had an oven, where then) Still the house, because it has a tub, and the apartment doesn't. When I mentioned that we could have tub here in the apartment, she still said the house, because she doesn't want to live somewhere so small. I want a hammock and stores to walk to close by and a pool on an island.
Z: A house like Nonno Ernie's with a bathtub with jets in it. I want to live with Nonno Ernie, with ovens.
They started to get silly towards the end, so we had to wrap it up. But I think we can determine some things they are interested in.
Larger living accommodations. (This apartment is 750 square feet, about half the size of our home). They didn't mention wanting a yard to play in, but rather a park near by, and a playground.
Living near the beach isn't such a large factor for them as we had thought.
They would like to have some conveniences, like an oven and a tub. They enjoy cooking and baking.
They would like to have snow occasionally and enjoy winter, despite being cold. They also like the seasonal changes.
They enjoy travelling and speaking different languages. (I am not sure if they are just mirroring my own likes or being sincere)
Our next place will need to meet some of these requirements, like having an oven and a tub. :)
Abby @ 4 years, 9 months, 21 days
Zoë @ 4 years, 9 months, 21 days
Enzo @ 11 days
News posted by christopher at 11:11 AM | 
Comments ( 1 )
Comments:
Here is another question.
Would you like to live near your family?
How about live in Portsmouth and visit all of those other places?
Maybe you should try Oregon :0)
