On their birthdays, a friend of mine videotapes her children. She asks them the same ten questions each year.
I adore one of her boys in particular. He is gentle and wise beyond his years. She asked him, “What do you want your wife to be like?’
After thinking for a while, this third-grader responded, “When she loses a game, I want her to say ’shucks’ in her head and not need to say it out loud.”

I love it. What are the 10 questions?
I’m not sure. I’ll have to ask her. She advised to ask while they are playing so that you actually get answers.
Her other son said that in a wife he wanted someone who knows how to make cake, because he loves cake. (She asked him while they were making a cake.) He then proceeded to lick the bowl. I’m sure this will be shown at his wedding someday.
That’s such a great idea. I wish I’d thought of that. I did try to keep a list of some of the great things my daughter came out with when she was younger. She still has some great insights. She’s a gifted writer, and she came down into the kitchen last week after spending a couple of hours in her room writing (longhand, mind you) and said, “I’m so frustrated! I know my characters are having a conversation, but I can’t hear what they’re saying!”
I love that.
Tonight at dinner my daughter asked if MY mom grew up in Heaven. “What makes you think that?” “Because that’s where her mom is.”