Earlier today, I performed my civic duty and went to vote. I took both David and Sarah, and honestly didn’t know who was running for most of the vacancies. Therefore, when they handed me my ballot, I made a comment that I was going to “vote for a bunch of random people.”
(And I did! Whereas Brian went strictly Democratic, I randomly selected the Green person and the Republican and Independent, and yeah, I skewed Democrat too–one of the shul families was running for Democrat so I kind of had to 😉 )
Every night whenever I am able to do it, the kids and I sit on the bed where they tell me their favorite parts of the day, and we jot it in a notepad. Sarah is particularly redundant (“I like to see my friends and my morahs”–which, by the way, I’ve banned to encourage creativity–and yeah, she’s actually gotten much better!) David naturally is older so he can think a little outside the box without prodding. When I asked him what his favorite part of today was, he said that one of the things he particularly enjoyed, and I quote, was “voting for a bunch of random people.”
Awesome. Glad it left a mark.
Speaking of voting, there was a proposition we needed to weigh in on. It was some budget due date being shifted a month forward to October 15 vs. November 15. I didn’t know the pros and cons, and wasn’t sure if I should vote at all on it, so I left it to the kids. Sarah said “yes,” implying that I should vote for the date change. David said “no,” implying it should stay the same. Since neither could come to an agreement, I abstained. This is the power of the democratic process with the help of our underage future voters. I am pleased that the process worked so efficiently.
In other news, David is starting to read. He brought home a library book yesterday called “My Feet” which he prompty lost after he read it to me. I’m a bit frustrated since I have no idea where it is. I told David that lost library books need to be paid for. He then said, “Well, if it’s under $10, I could do it! I lost it, it’s my responsibility.” I’m very proud of him.
But I’d rather find the book.