Facts about Mom
At the Farm -- Pt. 2
What went wrong?
Gifts from Christmas Past
Kids' Vocabulary & Phonetics
100

This is the state where Mom was born.

What is Connecticut

100

This is the model name of the utility vehicle Gpa used to drive around the farm.

What is "Mule".

100

When we all went out to Dairy Queen in Shawnee, KS one night, this is the reason we had go back home without getting anything.

No one had a wallet or any way to pay for it.

100

This is the gift that Dad called several stores to find and ultimately drove to Junction City, KS to meet a Wal-Mart employee on his dinner break that Dad had bribed to hold the last one.

What is Sophie's ballerina bar?

100

This is Mickey D's to Joe's friend group.

What is "Don's"

200

This is the High School Mom graduated from?

What is Kapaun Mt. Carmel in Wichita, KS?

200

This is the name of hand puppet which has apparently been hidden all too well.

What is "Kissy Wolf"

200

At Camp Tekawitha Family Weekend, this happened right at the pond bank when Dad tried stepping out of the canoe.

What is "it capsized sending both Joe and Dad into the water" (will accept it tipped over).

200

This was a plug & play game with the first floor TV in Salina that was supposed to incorporate exercise into the game.

What is "The Smart Cycle"

200

In Lawrence, KS, this is the street between 8th and 10th.

What is "Ninth" (Sophia's pronunciation required).

300

When Mom lived in California, she would participate in this nautical activity.

What is Sailing?

300

After collecting a bunch of these off the ground, Gpa would drive the kids over to the steep creek bank and we would throw them into the creek. 

What are "Hedgeballs"?

300

On a boat ride in Florida to see Manatees (and supposedly dolphins), this is the reason the boat got stuck.

What is "weeds were tangled around the propeller"

(Will accept: a passenger had to jump in water to untangle it)

300

This is the name of the set which included remote control vehicles that transported red and blue balls into elaborate conveyor systems.

What is "Rokenbok"? 

300

This is a spice derived from the inner bark of certain types of trees.  

Cin-nee-mon (Joe's pronunciation required)

400

Mom's Bachelor's Degree is actually this subject.

What is "Human Development & Family Life" with a specialization in Early Childhood Development

400

This is the name for a fishing hole in the bend of the creek that was quite small, but very deep at the very west end of a pasture.  (Hint: named after a creature often saw there).

What is "the snake pit"?

400

Because of this incident, Dad and Sophie got to ride in a tow truck this past summer.

What is "Dad's alternator went out and truck died on I-35" (will accept "Dad's truck died on highway" or something close).

400

Uncle Dave had to help secure this gift in California because there were none to be found in Kansas.

What is the Wii?

400
This is the name of the store in London which Joe told Sophie was a whole supermarket dedicated to her.

What is "Basic Mart"

500

These are the 8 different states where Mom has lived.

("Lived" means a place she considered her residence for at least a month or more).

What are:  Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Kansas, California, Arizona and Nebraska

500

This is the number of ponds located on Gpa's farmland.

What is "Six"?

500

Of the following vehicles: Oreo, Tijuana, Bluey, and both Dad's black truck and white truck, how many of those vehicles have NOT been in some type of accident or fender bender?

What is "zero"?

500

This is the name of the place we went snow Tubing with Crazy and Bebe.

What is Snow Creek?

(will also accept name of town: Weston, MO)

500

Sophia came home from school to tell Mom that a student had called another student this "S" word.

What is "stupid".