Election 2008 - a Family Event

What a memorable and historic time we've just experienced! While I can appreciate the impact of this election, I have to be honest in saying that Chad and refrained from talking politics in the home. However, the kids really got into the election this year - and we had a blast supporting their curiosity and excitement around the event!

It was very cool to see what Kenny and Ty were being exposed to at school and how their teachers were taking advantage of getting the kids to learn about American government using the election as a real example.

• Tylar is in student council this year, and as a part of his duties for his class he helped with the school-wide mock election. At first Ty was a McCain supporter, but switched a few weeks before the election to support Obama. I think the boy goes with the popular vote :)!


• Kenny didn't have too much going on structurally at school with the election, but had no problem engaging in conversation with Ty about who he was supporting. Kenny was Obama all the way - and if you ask him why, he'll tell you it was because "He told me to vote for him in his commercial". Kenny has always been good at following specific directions! Another funny story about Kenny... as you'll see from the pictures, the kids all had a blank map of the US that they used to fill in with the red and blue states as the election results came in. They weren't up late enough to see all the results come in, so when Kenny woke up this morning his map was about 1/2 way filled in. He asked me right away "WHO WON MOM??"... and I shared the news that Obama was going to be our next president. He was quite confused because he then brought me his half filled in map and insisted they were "tied"... OH KENNY???!!!


• Caitlynn followed her big brothers lead in all these events, and if nothing else really enjoyed saying BARACK OBAMA :). She also enjoyed the coloring in of the states, although after a few red and blue states, she decided to switch to pink. Oh well!

In any event, it was a fun thing to experience with the kids at the age they are now... these are times I am sure that they will also remember - or at least I hope!

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