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My Big Kid May 29, 2009

Filed under: Kids — Amy @ 3:49 pm

Today Mason “graduated” from kindergarten.  (Photos to come) It was a tear jerking experience.  I can’t believe my little boy is growing up.  He is turning into an amazing person.  He is excelling in reading and math.  He has surrounded himself by good friends.  I hope this has set a pattern for years to come.

He also wants to be a scientist when he grows up.  Gotta love that!  Maybe I will go back to college with him.  I am sure all of the “science” I learned will be outdated by the year 2021.  Yup….2021 is the year he will graduate from High School.

I loved the innocence and wonder the kids displayed.  Each kid went up the microphone and talked about what they wanted to be when they grew up.  There were spies, rainforest investigators, police woman, police boy, artists, basketball players, professional skateboarders, teachers, and the list went on.  Somedays I wish I could go back to the days that the world was your oyster.  Six is a great age!  I hope all their dreams come true!

Mason\'s Graduation

 
 

Overexposure to Politics

Filed under: Uncategorized — Amy @ 3:31 pm

This is an old old draft that was hanging out in my blog from last year….I thought it worth posting for my memories sake!  I will forget it otherwise.  So here you go.  Sorry for being outdated.

How do you know you have had overexposure to politics?

With all of events leading up to the election in November, I think I have officially overexposed my children to politics.  As a family we have attended the kick-off for Mark Udall’s campaign for senate, made posters for the DNC and spent a ton of time downtown during the DNC.  Morgan and I were fortunate enough to get community credentials to Obama’s acceptance speech.  The TV has been on in the background (with RNC political speeches) a little more that it should.  Personally outraged with McCain’s choice for VP, I had to hear Palin’s speech last Wednesday.  The same day I had to take Madeleine to urgent care (for a rock fight at daycare).  I was bummed that I was going to miss the speech so I had NPR on the radio while driving.  On the way back Madeleine asked me “what is a governor?”.  I answered the question.  Her next question was “what is a Vice President?”.  I answered the question and turned the radio off.  She was listening a little more close than I had realized.  Perhaps we need less politics in the house.