Baby Buffaloe: Birthday Interview: Leah is 9!

Monday, March 16, 2026

Birthday Interview: Leah is 9!

I interviewed Leah right after cake on the night of her birthday.

How old are you? 9
What is your favorite color? Green
What is your favorite toy? Um. Trumpo. (I searched back through and he was a gift from Joe & Jenn in 2020! She still sleeps with him, though he’s lost some of his stuffing.)
What is your favorite game? Um. Hm. Battleship!
What is your favorite song? "Roar" by Katy Perry (and that's exactly how she said it, too - "Roar ... by Katy Perry.")
What is your favorite animal? Panda
What is your favorite book? The BFG
What is your favorite movie? Descendants. (I asked about K-Pop Demon Hunters & she said) It's a tight competition.
What is your favorite TV show? Steven Universe.
What is your favorite thing to eat? Um. Salmon.
Where is your favorite place to go? Dino Park.
Who is your best friend? Franklin.
What is something you learned last year when you were 8? Hm. I learned about leafy sea dragons! (You put that last year! What did you learn when you were 8?) You said last year! (I said last year when you were 8! Meaning the time period when you were 8!) Division & Cursive.
What is something you'll learn now that you're 9? The Uppercase letters in cursive! (Last year she put that she was definitely going to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels & she did! So that's pretty cool!)
What is your favorite part of school? Reading & Writing ... and cursive!
Who is your favorite teacher? Hm. Bashem.
What is hard for you to do? (long pause) Um. Hmm. Umm. Writing fast with the cast on.
What is your favorite thing to do? Hm. Riding my bike, but I can't really do it right now.
What do you like about Me (Mom)? You read books to me.
What do you like about Dad? He can play a bunch of instruments.
What do you like about Amelie? I can talk to her about Wings of Fire and stuff.
What do you like about Jim? He can come up with insults pretty quickly, but all he really says is I'm short. (And that's something you like about him?) *laughs*
What about Spark? He always wants to play usually.
What do you like about yourself? Hm. Hmm. I usually like to play with Spark.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Hmm. Um. Umm. An artist.