is your kid red or blue?
- Conversation with Grace while driving home after school:
- G: "Mom, hey, ummm oh what's that guy's name?"
- M: "Which guy?"
- G: "Y'know, the first black president of our country?"
- M: "Do you mean the guy Barack Obama?"
- G: "Yeah!!! That's the guy! Tell me all about him."
- M: "Uh, okay. Who told you about him? How do you know about him?"
- G: "My teacher told us about him! And if I learn more and can talk about him on Tuesday I can get some tokens!" (Tokens are part of the reward system of this particular classroom)
- M: "Well, he is not the president of our country but he's running to be one. That means that in a couple of months when the grown-ups in our country vote they can choose between him and another guy, John McCain, to be the president."
- G: "Oh, I know who I'd vote for (and now clenches her hands into fists and 'raises the roof' and chants): Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama!!!!!
- (re-blogged from theyoungandrestless.blogspot.com)
January 28, 1986
Tuesday
Today wasn’t the best day. The Space Shuttle blew up today. There were 7 people in it. This is the first time they put a civilian person on board. She was a history teacher. She also made history as they say on tv. That is a shame that the Space Shuttle blew up. I hope her close relatives get over it soon.
It didn’t snow that much. I think it was only 1 inch. School was an hour late.
Yesterday there was some lady on the radio saying that she was from another world. She said there were a lot of other worlds. She said there were thirty something I think around 37. She even said Venus was one. These people from another world are going to visit us in 2001. She must be some kind of nut just wanting to be on the radio! Boy I can’t wait until they come! Ha ha! what a weirdo! See ya later!
14 Plays
Here’s Madeleine “reading” the story of the gingerbread man to me. Alas, she got stage fright after the first few pages so I stopped recording.January 17, 1986
Friday
Yesterday Anthony and I went ice skating at the University of Delaware ice skating rink. It sure was fun. I haven’t fallen down too many times, but I think it’s because of skating too much. If you are wondering what happened, my legs have been hurting all day. And boy, do they hurt!
Mom, Dad, Rayda, Mike, and me went to see the movie “Back to the Future”. It is my second time seeing it. There are some things that I saw that I don’t think I saw the first time.
Before we went to the movie Rayda gave me a letter that I wrote to her in 1978. I was 5 years old. It was in September. Here is the letter.
