Lunch With Courtney Lee

Courtney Lee redeemed her Lunch-Date-With-Mom (stepmom) last Monday.

She wanted to go to Four Daughters (because she likes the cozy couches)...

We ordered and then Courtney got right to work on her questionnaire.

I love that girl's facial expressions.

1. What do you think your best personality trait is? Sharing

2. What do you think your worst personality trait is? Being respectful

3. If you could have a different name, what would you want it to be? Courttiyleya

4. What's your favorite memory? When we went to the train hotel. (That was Annie's favorite memory too.)

5. What's your favorite Bible verse? For it is by grace you have been saved through faith and this is not from yourself, it is the gift of God, not by works so no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

6. If you could pick one super-human power, what would it be? Flying (All three of my kids picked that one. I always tell my kids that if I could pick one super-human power, it would be that I could become selectively deaf as I am convinced it would make me a much happier mother.)

7. What's your favorite thing about each person in your family? K.K. - Taking us to do our verses and spelling on Friday's and loving on us and so much more. Dad - Cuddling with me and reading us stories and being my coach. Annie - Playing teacher with me and playing dress-up. Cole - Riding bikes with me and sticking up for me at school. Ross - Taking us to places and us staying the night.

8. What do you want to be when you grow up? Teacher

9. What's one thing you've done that you wish you could change? Not playing with J.T.

10. On a scale from 1-10 (10 being the coolest) how cool is your K.K.? I think 8 1/2 (Yes, that was the lowest score I received from my kids, but that's either because she was being more honest than the other little twerps or because she knew that dessert was guaranteed.)

Grilled cheese and sweet potatoe fries for her.

And a black bean veggie burger with cucumber dressing for me.

And then we played a little multiplication game while we waited for dessert. (You each throw a die and the first person to multiply them and shout out the answer gets a point.)

I totally peaked in math in the 4th grade at Little Butte Intermediate school - but man, was I good at multiplication timed tests.

And then there was deep-fried cheesecake.

As if cheescake couldn't get any better...and then they go and deep-fry it on me.

I was just going to have a bite of hers, but it was so good I ended up having three (big) bites instead.

Lucky for me, sharing is her best personality trait.

Here's the shots from last year's lunch-date.

And if you're reading this Josh Downs...there are a whole lot of reasons these kids are going to be happy to have you home, but amongst them is the fact that you didn't peak in math until your final year of engineering at O.S.U. and that makes you the preferred parent when it comes to math homework.

Comments

[Shari]

I totally love that first shot!!! You've convinced me to sell my d700 or D3 to get the D7000. I LOVE the idea of the continuous multiple self-timer shots!

[Kenna]

I love that last shot. My oldest daughter is about the same age as Courtney Lee and I see so many of the same mannerisms, must be the age.

[Marlene]

I peaked in math when I was in about third grade ... but I can spell really well ;P

[kate]

isn't that the truth?! when my husband is gone i am in fear of 7th grade advanced math... ugh...

[♥ Debbie]

I love your annual lunch with mom idea! The questionnaires are great and I think your kiddos are pretty lucky to have such a cool mom! btw - I was a math whiz in Jr. High....now I can't do a thing without a calculator!

[Kelli]

I loved math, now I might be decent at grade 4 math, I usually say "ask your dad".
Deep fried cheesecake! I'll take that.

[Gineva]

What does K.K stand for? Love the pictures and the idea of lunch dates, it makes a kid feel special!!

[Denise in MN]

Hmmmm is that the 7D I see in your hand in that shot!???? Do share

[kat-in-texas]

I never peaked in math... So glad my husband has an analytical brain.

Courtney Lee is such a a sweet girl--we can see it in all of her pics. (And she has perfect eyebrows!)

[Lisa V.]

8 1/2, lol - she's keeping you humble and not allowing you to peak out before she's a teen. Smart girl! Love that Courtney Lee!

[Erin]

I oddly enough have perfected the selectively deaf thing. Although I need to turn it off more often than not...It gets me in trouble!! How did she come up with KK...I think it's the first time that I've realized she called you that!

[Melissa]

Those videos are just too funny!

I panicked myself when I saw that Scrapbookpictures.com was closing and immediately printed 100+ scrapbook pages that I had uploaded there but never printed. I've since printed a big handful of pictures and scrapbook pages from Persnickety Prints and have been very pleased with their service and quality.

Oh, and I feel the need to tell you that I have FINALLY gotten the concept of lower contrast images. (I took your class this past fall.)

[Cheryl Birkey]

When I was growing up and my mom 'tried' my food I called it a 'mom bite'.

[Michelle]

My hubby is better at Math, where I am better at the English related classes (Lit, spelling, etc). It works out well. I love the photos you get of the kids. They are just fantastic. I wish I could take your photo class to improve my skill. I have a Nikon D3000 and Nikon's 50mm 1.8. Slowly improving.. just alot of shooting. Love digital photos for that one. I think it is so wonderful that you both have blended your families so well. I wish my oldest's father and his now ex would have been like this when my daughter was little. It would have made life so much easier! She was so nasty.