On November 4th my three oldest children were allowed to stay up with all of the adults that were at our home and watch all the election news. They didn’t go to sleep until they had heard Obama’s speech. It was such a good evening for them. My family is very opinionated and yesterday we talked about hearing everyone’s opinion, educating ourselves and then making up our own minds. This was a valuable lesson for the kids as they are prone to want to fit in and think like the adults.
One thing that I loved about my family get together on election night was that everyone helps to explain things to the children. It is great for the children to be taught by someone else, especially when they are really interested. This election really had their attention. Hopefully this helps to make them more community minded and to know that their vote matters so they better know what they are doing when they go to choose people to run the country.
Needless to say that put us to bed very late. The kids are usually always in bed by 8 p.m. and are allowed to read quietly for a while before lights out. The following morning though, we had to get up really early so that we could all be ready for a play at a local performing arts based high school. They were doing a matinee of a Midsummer Night’s Dream for our group and we didn’t want to pass up the opportunity. It is a little drive to get there and we had to drop the younger two off at their grandparent’s house. The play was pretty good. The kids thought it was funny. I took them so that they could see what other kids do and to be exposed to some performing arts. We do this quite often and they really enjoy it.
We got home way after lunch which meant that not a lot of technical school work got done but I figure it is no different than public school days having assemblies and other activities.
