Friday, January 29, 2010

It's Not What You Think

So, our kids have always been interested in our President. This is not a political statement--it is just the truth.

Despite what you may be thinking, we don't politically indoctrinate our children--at least not yet. Kristin and I are both registered Republicans. We do probably discuss politics more than the average family and we'd like to think we keep an open mind about people throughout the political spectrum.

So, the story:
On Wednesday, we turned on the State of the Union address. We weren't watching it very closely and left the room. When we came back, the kids had set up this viewing station. They brought the chairs, blankets, etc. in all by themselves and sat down just as if it were Curious George or SuperWhy.

If you recall, Alyssa called the election during the second presidential debate when she told me, without any provocation or prompting, to McCain, "He's grouchy, I don't like him." and to Obama, "I like him, he's fun."

One last plea, this is not a political post--I don't want to hear how much you all hate Obama.


This is Steve by the way.

9 comments:

Darla said...

We raise our political fans young in this family! Girls, you're invited to the next mass meeting at grandma's house!

Misty Moncur said...

Steve, Kammi likes people based on whether or not they are "beautiful" so like Obama based on the fact that he is "fun" seems pretty reasonable to me.

Tiffany said...

So funny! I am sure it seemed like a party to little ones, with all the clapping etc...

Heather said...

Is this a political statement?!

the thrifty ba said...

my kids didnt catch this but they do love watching the daily show and the colbert report with us. that is where they get all their political info. thankfully, parker is still a republican

The Davies said...

obama's a-gonna take our guns away..

Megan B ♥ said...

This was the conversation at our house:

Tanner: Mommy, I just LOoooVE Barack Obama!

Mommy: Um, uh, what?

Tanner: I LOVE Barack Obama! And peas.

Mommy: You love broccoli and peas?

Tanner: Yeah. I love Barackly. It's sooo yummy!

Mommy: Ah. I see.

HBahr said...

Sure sure...

Dave said...

This was truely entertaining.

I hate cake and potatoes.