Tell me what you want to hear mom

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, and a myriad of Thanksgiving projects coming home talking about thankfullness etc etc etc, I decided to ask my lovies what they were thankful for. In doing this was I looking for some motherly validation? Ummmmmmmm yah.......I expected them to say some sort of trivial trinket or toy, but I also wanted to hear that they were most thankful for their beautiful, smart, and fun mom!!!! Duh!!! So I hunted my kids down and questioned them.

This is what I got:

My 4 year old and sweet little girl looked at me with her big blue eyes and said....."My Little POOOONIIIEEESS"

ok ok ok.....she is the pony queen. I KNEW she would say this. But then I prodded some more. "Is there anything else J-elf?!?"
"ummmmmmmmmmmm no."
Ok baby girl. (I knew that this child was still 4 and I haven't had enough time to brainwash her yet so I set off for the next oldest)

I hunt down E-girl who is 6 and ask her what she is most thankful for.
"My pooh pillow."
OK AGAIN obvious choice because this is her most FAVORITE THING EVAH. If we don't have pooh pillow around....the girl won't sleep. OK, I said, anything else?!?!
"My toys and lipstick"

HURMPH. Again I brush it off on age (and make a mental note that I may have to watch her and her vainity) and go to the next one.

Girly girl H (who is 7) is asked the question and she immediately says...
"YOU know what I am thankful for!" could it be...the validation I was looking for!! I always knew she should be my favorite "Build A Bear!!!" *sigh* How could I not have seen THAT one coming. OK OK OK....anything else?!?! She tilted her little blonde head to the side, blinked at me like she was starting to think hard and said...."I dont' know!!?!? Hmmmmmm.......Target?" The girl is a blonde....I will let her slide on that. (and again note to self: No credit cards/debit cards for this one)

I have one left..........and he is the oldest and wisest of the bunch. My 9 year old. SURELY this one will have a CLUE that I am fishing for some love.

So Boy........What are you most thankful for?!?!

"FOOD!!!"

FOR THE LOVE..........I guess he must have seen me roll my eyes because he immediately followed up with:

"Oh....did you want to hear I was thankful for you...because I can tell you that you know!!"

Bunch of Ingrates!!!