Life was so much easier when we were little. Our decisions were so much less weighty. Our biggest decisions were which friends to play with on the playground and which cartoons to watch on Saturday morning. Life was no different for Chase today. We had "election day" for him. His ballot consisted of choices of what to have for meals and snack, activites to fill our day, and clothes to wear for preschool. The cute ladies at the voting booths today gave me an "I voted" sticker to give to him. He displayed the sticker and his ballot proudly. We have been talking with him a lot about the privledge it is to be able to vote and the serious decision it is to decide who is going to be our President. I didn't realize how seriously he had been taking the voting process and how much he has been listening in on our conversations until he said the prayer at dinner tonight. Just before we sat down for dinner, we turned off FOX news where we had been watching the election results. The election was fresh on his mind when he began his prayer. His prayer for our country was astounding,
"Please bless our country. Help us that the blue guy doesn't win. Help us to have a new, good President tonight. Help us to have the red guy win."
Chase summed up all of our feelings at the end of the night when we mentioned to him that the "blue" guy was going to win. He said,
"Well, I guess we will just have to ignore him then, huh?"
Oh, if only it were that easy. Life is so much easier when you are little.
6 comments:
Here I am, Danielle, I'm everywhere!
Ethan and Bryn had their own elections at school yesterday. A few months ago, Bryn was for Barack, for the obvious reason (their names both start with a "B" of course). But as time passed, she moved over to the McCain camp. Although there was disappointment in our house this morning, I have to say there was more drama at our house when the last winner of American Idol was announced.
Wow Danielle, you should feel the greatest honor of all.. Erik read your blog!! :)
That Chase is a wise wise soul.
I love your tagline! It's perfect!
That's great. He's learning so many things at a young age. He's going to be an awesome person!
HELLO ERIK! I do indeed feel honored! I am thrilled to have your humor sprinkled on our blogs. So, the wrong David won American idol at your house? :)
I do have to say, I woke up a little disappointed this morning, too.
Thanks Kimbo and Hobber. I gave myself a headache trying to come up with a subtitle!!
Erik just cracks me up!
I love your tag line too.
My feeling this morning is that everything is going to be OK. At least as good as it has been. We are headed into some rough water. Thank heavens for the gospel and the latest and greatest conference!
You are such a good mom, Danielle! Maybe you should be raising my kids instead of me. :)
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