yes we CAN!!

Well folks, I won't even try to please everyone- I know we have diversity in our readership but WE ARE SO EXCITED about our new president! I think we will see some great changes in our country in the coming years. And I am so thankful our children are getting to watch first hand as our country makes such an historical change by choosing a black man to lead us.





We had a great time celebrating with friends last night, and the cookie decorating and coloring pages were a hit! We toasted CHANGE and HOPE after the votes went over 270, and then most everyone called it a night, but we stayed up to hear the speeches by McCain and Obama. We didn't want to miss that historical moment.



Daisy and Hazel were very attentive and have had a lot of questions about the whole process- today we've mostly been talking about how the President Elect does not get sworn in until January, and what will be happening between now and then. We are trying to imagine how it must feel for those girls to be packing their things to move to the White House!



I think watching this election and the events leading up to it has been a wonderful way for the kids (and us) to learn more about our government. We will be visiting D.C. in the spring and I know that it will all seem so much more significant to the kids since we have been learning about how a president is elected this fall. And watching everything happen in real life and just talking about it and asking questions has been so much more enjoyable to us than if we had just read about the election process in a textbook and then quizzed the kids on it. They are seeing it first hand, and that makes it exciting and memorable.



Political science- check. Art- check. Home Ec/Cooking- check. PE- check (there was much trampoline jumping with this balmy November weather!) So all in all, an excellent evening with lots of fun and learning for everyone. And, WE WON!! HOORAY!!