The Interview with Laura Makenzie Lee Martinez
Where do your first and middle names come from?
Makenzie: Mom's friend, Laura, and she just liked Makenzie.
Makenzie: Mom's friend, Laura, and she just liked Makenzie.
Morning person or night owl?
M: Usually I'm a morning person, but with a new baby I'm a night owl.
What do you do for a living?
M: I'm a Domestic Engineer, Head Chef, Schedule Coordinator, Student...
What is your favorite thing to do?
M: Snuggle up with a good book.
What is the first thing you noticed about David?
M: His eyes.
What is your super power?
M: Positivity
What is your favorite meal?
M: Fish tacos with the right sauce and water with lemon.
What is your favorite treat?
M: Russell Stover's Whipped Raspberry-filled Chocolates.
Who or what is your nemesis?
M: Russell Stover's Whipped Raspberry-filled Chocolates. Sugar.
What do you do best?
M: Being a mom. I know my limits and I don't whine.
What is your most over-used word or phrase?
M: "First of all..."
Who is your favorite muppet?
M: Kermit
What do you want to do or accomplish in the next 10 years?
M: Get a masters degree in counseling, raise not-awful children, be an excellent cook, do an athletic event that challenges me, go to Singapore.
The Interview with David Pina Martinez
Where do your first and middle names come from?
David: David is my Dad's name, Pina is my Mom's maiden name.
David: David is my Dad's name, Pina is my Mom's maiden name.
Morning person or night owl?
D: Neither.
What do you do for a living?
D: Commercial Property Management.
What is your favorite thing to do?
D: Vacation with my family.
What is the first thing you noticed about Makenzie?
D: Her smile.
What is your super power?
D: Assertiveness.
What is your favorite meal?
D: Homemade flour tortillas, chile con queso.
What is your favorite treat?
D: Red candy apple.
Who or what is your nemesis?
D: Myself!
What do you do best?
D: Being a husband and a father.
What is your most over-used word or phrase?
D: "At the end of the day..."
Who is your favorite muppet?
D: Kermit
What do you want to do or accomplish in the next 10 years?
D: Own a successful business, run a non-profit child/adolescent day-treatment center for kids who aren't doing well in mainstream education programs.
[Note - I, Nicole, tried to interview the Martinez kids with limited success. Some of their answers are Makenie's and my interpretation.]
A little something from the Martinez children:
Who are you named after?
Gabriel: Daddy and they just liked the name Gabriel
Claire: David's Grandma Antonia and Claire is Mommy's favorite name.
Ruby: After Grandma Furniss (Marie), and David B. Haight's wife.
What is your favorite thing to do?
Gabriel: Jump on the trampoline.
Claire: Watch movies.
Ruby: Play with big kid toys, eat big people food, clap, take a bath.
What is your favorite thing to eat and how do you make it?
Gabriel: Honey bread (homemade bread with honey on it).
Claire: Suckers and chocolate milk.
Ruby: Rice and beans.
What is your favorite toy and/or hobby?
Gabriel: Train games, I got James for Christmas.
Claire: Ballerina.
Ruby: Slinky.
What is your favorite place to visit?
Gabriel: Toy store.
Claire: Little Gym.
Ruby: The park or anywhere outside.
What is the grossest thing you can think of?
Gabriel: Beans.
Claire: Yucky.
Ruby: Poopy pants up the back.
What does your Mom do when you're not home?
Gabriel: Shops.
Claire: She's home.
Ruby: Mommy is never gone.
What does your Dad do for a living?
Gabriel: Calls people, golfs.
Claire: I want to go with him!
Ruby: He hangs out, plays Mario Cart.
What is your favorite thing to do with your family?
Gabriel: Go swimming.
Claire: Eat watermelon.
Ruby: Eat dinner.
Do you have any nicknames?
Gabriel: Gabe, Gable.
Claire: Claire Bear.
Ruby: Ruby Dooby Doo.
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Gabriel: Be obedient.
Claire: Be Cinderella.
Ruby: An opera singer.
1 comment:
I like gabriel's description of what dad does for a living. Awesome. Also, he wants to be obedient. Notice how non of my kids came u with that answer. Hmmm
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