Julia, My Mini-Me, My Little Love – Part 2

My interview with Julia was so amusing, I couldn’t stop asking her questions. I kept saying, “last question, I swear” and then I’d keep going. Here is part 2. If you’re just catching up, go back and read Part 1.

The Questions

What hurts your feelings? 

Julia: If I’m left out or someone doesn’t even ask me in general because they think I’m going to say no. Even if I AM going to say no, I still want that opportunity because I might change my mind. 

Emily’s POV: I think Julia speaks for us all, here. We want to be invited, and then we want to say no and stay home in our comfy houses with all of the comfy things we have acquired since the start of the pandemic. But we need to get out and be social, people, because it feels really good.

Do you think you’re a ‘mean girl’? 

Julia: No, I think I’m honest and a bit sassy and I only consider myself mean if you’re sensitive. So if you’re a really sensitive person and I’m honest with you, you might think I’m mean. 

Emily’s POV: Dear goddess, please help Julia understand the fine lines between honesty, sassiness, and being mean. She, like any kid, is still trying to figure it out and I hope that her mess-ups don’t scar someone for life.

Do you think you’re beautiful? 

Julia: Yeah. I’d say I am. I don’t like to overthink that stuff or compare myself to others, um, I try not to have high ego all the time, but I try to have  confidence. 

Emily’s POV: Oh this makes me happy. I feel like one of my primary jobs as her mom is to help her to feel confident and beautiful.

What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told and why? 

Julia: I don’t think I have very big lies because I can’t do much as a 10 year old. They are usually small ones, like I sometimes add stuff to stories that don’t really happen, or that I brush my teeth when I didn’t. I lie to Dada a lot about that.

Emily’s POV: Well, I guess I asked her the question so I should roll my eyes at the answer, but I am rolling my eyes.

Why do you hide food in your room? 

Julia: I think it’s because I like to. It makes me calm and it’s nice to be in my room with a snack and watching something and maybe calling my friends. When I’m out here <Emily note – main room> I don’t like it as much. 

Emily’s POV: This, to me, is another side effect of the pandemic. Julia would not have learned/realized how lovely it is to snack alone in your room while watching something if it weren’t for her need to get some space. There are sometimes six of us in this house, plus four pets. I can’t blame her for turning her room into her escape hatch.

Am I a strict parent? 

Julia: I wouldn’t say so. I think you do have rules and then you’re also nice. You aren’t strict like not letting us do anything. I think you’re a good parent. In my opinion, strict parents create more naught kids because their kids learn how to get away with stuff, lie better, and be more sneaky. If you have nicer parents who also discipline, you don’t do that stuff as much so you don’t need to sneak stuff or lie. 

Emily’s POV: Woot! 

Do you think your dad is strict? 

Julia: No. He is less loose than you, but you guys have similar rules, he’s just more protective of his furniture. You aren’t as strict about your furniture because you have four pets so you can’t care as much <another shrug along with twinkly eyes>. He isn’t a rude strict, just firm. 

Emily’s POV: I will, some day, replace the couches and bedroom carpet because with four pets, it’s all just gross. For now, we just cover everything with blankets, and the blankets get washed a lot.

Last question – salty or sweet?  

Salty. I’d rather have savory foods because I like to eat a lot of savory food. Not so much sweet. Right now I don’t like eating cupcakes, and cookies, and candy. In general I like junk food.