We have a special guest poster for this week’s edition of Friday favorites. She’s not a blogger, she’s super cute, painfully smart, and she’s my 7 year old daughter, Erica.
Erica makes rare appearances on the blog both in name and picture but we talked about it and she’s completely fine with me sharing that information for this post. So before we go on to the Q&A portion of today’s favorites (because getting her to sit still long enough to write the post herself was an exercise in just how much patience I don’t have), here’s a picture:
In an effort to keep this on track and not go completely awry, I had her make a list of her 10 favorite things and then asked her to tell me why she likes them. She loved being interviewed and if she ever becomes famous, the talk show circuit will not be a problem for her. So that’s good. I suppose.
Anyway.
Let’s take it away with Erica’s Friday favorites:
1. Spotify. Erica says: It has songs I like and I like listening to music. Jana says: this is proof she is my child.
2. Toys. Erica says: I can be creative and make my own games and fashions with my Barbies. Jana says: take out the fashion part, and this is further proof she is my child.
3. TV. Erica says: My favorite shows are Sam & Cat, the Haunted Hathaways, Every Witch Way, The Thundermans, and My Little Pony. Hey, Mommy, why didn’t you write down Spongebob? Jana says: Because Spongebob is horrible. We’ve covered this before. Also, Nickelodeon is always on in my house. I think my TV is even sick of Sam and Cat.
4. Gummies. Erica says: My favorite gummies are fruit snacks and Gummi Bears. Jana says: I don’t know how the hell she is my child. Gummy snacks are the worst. But this picture of cannibears is hilarious.
5. School. Erica says: I like school because I can learn and be smart. Math and writing are my favorite subjects. Jana says: I’m fairly certain this is my one allotted parenting victory of the year.
6. Ocean City, MD. Erica says: It’s my favorite place because it has the beach and the boardwalk and good French fries. Jana says: this is my proudest moment ever.
7. Our dogs and cat. Erica says: I like to play with Dobie and chase Barkley with the football. Jana says: it’s more like she enjoys annoying the shit out of Dobie until he walks away and playing keep away with Barkley’s football. He, too, gets pissed.
8. Cooking. Erica says: My favorite thing to cook is oatmeal raisin cookies. Jana says: this about sums it up:
10. Woofie. Erica says: He’s my favorite stuffie because he’s cuddly. Jana says: He’s her favorite stuffie because I forced it on her when she was a baby since he was one of the biggest yet portable and durable stuffed animals we had. But they’re really cute together.
That’s all she said. I hope you enjoyed getting to know my little girl (though I am surprised she left out cheerleading and ice cream and Frozen). She (and I) want you to have a great weekend!
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This is too cute! I agree with you about spongebob, uggh! We watch PBS and Sprout mostly but my kid is 2 so they have better shows for him! (Curious George and Caillou are his favorites)!
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My daughter has always been a Nickelodeon kid and I will take the Bubble Guppies or Fresh Beat Band over Spongebob any day of the week.
Caillou was forbidden in my house. I just couldn’t.
What an adorable post! I love it! Your daughter is adorable. 🙂 And I have to agree with you, I’m not a fan of Rarity, I’ve wanted to smack her upside of her head a couple, few times. Pinkie Pie, on the other hand, is awesome and hilarious!
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Pinkie Pie cracks me up. She is insane and pretty much the most bearable part of the show. Rarity is the worst.
aww what a great idea and so cute! my daughter loves pinky pie and twilight sparkle
-kathy
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You have a smart child with good taste.
She is very cute! My niece has three of the same favorite stuffie to avoid drama in case one gets lost or really needs a wash. Sometimes my sister forgets to hide them well and the girl wonders why she is suddenly seeing double. It sure is convenient when you forget one at school.
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We have one extra at home, one at my parents’ house and one at my in-laws’ house. Because you never know. We forgot Woofie ONE TIME and thankfully we had the backup. Lifesaver.
What a cute idea! I love gummies too 🙂
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Gummies are the worst. How can you hate the texture of tomatoes and like the texture of gummies? It seems wrong 🙂
Yayyy I love this post!
I can’t wait to get past Nick Jr. to Nickelodeon, I’m over Jake and the Neverland Pirates as well as Sofia.
I’m glad my kid is not the only kid annoying the dogs to pissed offness.
We have blankie here, she’s looking rough but I have a feeling she’ll be around forever.
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My daughter was just on the brink of too old for Nick and Disney Jr. when Sofia came around so we never really had much of her. She went through a brief Jake phase after Disney World so it wasn’t horrendous. The Nickelodeon shows are actually kind of funny. Unless you’ve watched them eleventy billion times. Then, not so much.
She irks the dogs so much. But they still come back for more. I don’t get it.
omg i love woofie, so cute! she’s such a cute kid 🙂
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Thank you! Fortunately, smell doesn’t travel across the internet because Woofie, while cute, stinks. He desperately needs a bath.
Well this is basically adorable! A girl that likes music and fries and My Little Pony is my kind of girl!
Gummies are delicious, obviously you are in the minority here.
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I know I’m in the minority with gummies but I stand by what I say. They’re horrid.
She’s a good kid. I think I’ll keep her around.
So cute seeing her perspective. Funny the things she takes from you, and others not so much.
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My husband likes to take responsibility for the other stuff. I guess it’s okay to let him have it 🙂
What a cute idea!
My daughter loves My Little Pony too.
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My daughter has a borderline obsession with it. It’s cute but a little over the top at times.
Awesome job Erica! Great answers on Spotify, school, and beach. Those are also some of my favorite things
LOLOLOL @ Mom’s Rarity and Spongebob chime ins.
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Thanks! I’m very proud of how well she did. I might even ask her back.
I thought Erica and I could be great friends… until I saw that Math is one of her favorite subjects. Unless she wants to let me copy off of her… ;P
I’m sure she’d let you copy off of her. Second grade math is HARD.
This has to be one my favorite post! Our daughters would totally be BFF’s. Also, I get back on regular blogging schedule, I’m so going to steal this idea and give you credit of course!
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Please do steal it! I’d love to learn all about your daughter, and yes, I do believe our kids would be BFFs!