Questions to Ask Your Seven Year Old {Ailey}

Kids say the funniest things. Today I’m sharing questions to ask your seven year old. On Ailey’s seventh birthday I’m asking her 30 questions about favorite things and growing up!

15 Questions to Ask Your Seven Year Old

1. What is your favorite color? Purple
2. What is your favorite toy? Arbor
3. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? McDonalds cheeseburger with ketchup and onions
4. What is your favorite television show? Gabby’s Dollhouse
5. What is your favorite outfit? My birthday party outfit (shimmer leotard, shimmer skirt, pink heart sunglasses)
6. What is your favorite game? Monopoly
7. What is your favorite snack? Fruit Roll-up
8. What is your favorite animal? Puppies
9. What is your favorite song? “Style” by Taylor Swift
10. Who is your best friend and why? Sofie is my best friend and I don’t know why.
11. What is your favorite sport? I don’t do sports – so Dance
12. What is your favorite book? Mercy Watson
13. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with Arbor
14. What is your favorite drink? Capri Sun and Water
15. What is your favorite dinner? Penne alla vodka

15 More Questions to Ask Your Seven Year Old

1. What do you know how to do that you can teach others? How to draw
2. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
3. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pink Teddy and Pinky (new build-a-bear from Noni and Py)
4. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes
5. If you could have a new name what would it be? Aila
6. What’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened to you? when Arbor sat on my head
7. What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher
8. What is your dream vacation? Hawaii
9. What is going to be the best thing about growing up? I don’t know.
10. If you had one super power what would it be? I could shoot water out of my hands.
11. What’s the best thing about being you? I have a great family.
12. How do you feel about turning seven? Good because I’m getting older.
13. What’s the hardest part about growing up? You have to start being independent.
14. What do you love most about your sisters? They are funny and they play with me.
15. What is one of your best memories? Having Arbor.

A Little Bit More About Our 7 Year Old

Age: 7 years old
Birthday: August
Height: 3 ft 11 in
Weight: 50 lbs
Teeth Missing:

Ailey is silly, funny, and loves to laugh. She likes jokes and being goofy! Ailey loves to play with her sisters, and is spending more time playing with Arbor now that she is older. She likes to draw, especially when she is following a “How to Draw” video. Ailey loves art projects, like making tiny fairy or doll houses, or being creative with household supplies.

One of Ailey’s best qualities is also one of the things her struggles: Ailey was born with BIG emotions. She feels ways other children her age don’t feel and is very aware of how she’s feeling. Kindergarten was challenging at times due to her emotional maturity – but she had an incredible teacher who understood her needs. When she’s angry/sad/frustrated, she likes to write or draw in a journal to process how she is feeling. Ailey also loves hugs to calm down when her emotions become too intense to handle.

Ailey is sensitive, empathetic and highly intuitive. She always knows when I’m secretly crying during a movie and will look at me compassionately while wiping away my tears. Ailey can also tell when we are mad or even keeping a secret. Sometimes I feel like she can read my mind because she will give me the hug I need without knowing what is going on.

Ailey is responsible and eager to please, but makes mistakes just like any other seven year old. We have to remind her often that mistakes are a part of life! She is our most cautious, fearful of getting hurt or being in danger (she won’t ride rollercoasters). But at the same time, Ailey is also always up for an adventure!

Her imagination is creative and magical, just like her big sister Annabelle. She loves to play pretend. I feel like Ailey sees the the tiny beautiful things in the world others may miss: a newly bloomed flower, a cloud shaped like a heart, or a stunning sunrise. She’s passionate, filled with so much love and life, and her personality is always blossoming.

Ailey’s Likes and Dislikes

Ailey loves to sing and dance all over the house. She tells us she wants to become famous someday, for what – she hasn’t decided – but she would settle on famous actress, singer, or even a model. While Ailey hopes to be in the spotlight, she can also be nervous and shy in a big crowd. She competed at Nationals for dance this summer and went through a lot of emotions before going out on stage. What if I mess up? What if I forget my dance? She performed to her best ability though, despite her nerves!

Favorite Foods: Mommy’s trifle cake, Noni’s spaghetti, scrambled eggs with ketchup (new favorite) and sausage, mashed potato bacon pizza, penne alla vodka, guacamole
Foods She Doesn’t Like: avocados, cantaloupe or melon, mayo
Favorite Things: cooking with Mama, play with ‘Boopsie Pie’ (Arbor), going to the store or library,
Things She Doesn’t Like: rollercoasters,

Read more about Ailey over the years here, Ailey’s 6th Birthday Questions, 5th Birthday Questions, 4th Birthday Questions, OR for ALL of our Questions to Ask Your Child posts click here.