2008_11_04 Election Tuesday!

What a fine day! Jonathan is back to his 9am wake-ups, and all is right in the world. Breakfast was blueberry oatmeal, and he seemed like he was trying to say "blueberry," although it came out more like "bl'be'eee." Good try, good try. We got off to a late start today, but still managed to make an appearance at the 1s&2s playgroup this morning. There were only a couple of people, but it was gorgeous out, so we stayed until 11:30. He spent most of the time in the swing, calling out trucks, cars, airplanes, and trains as they went by. He even picked up "bus" from one of the girls. So, we may have added two new words to his growing vocabulary.

He's down for his nap now. I had his white noise machine up high to drown out the cleaning ladies' vacuuming, cleaning, and Portuguese. Once he wakes up, we'll head out to vote and have lunch. In the meantime, I need to look up who the New Jersey politicians are and what they stand for -- probably should have done that awhile ago. ugh. I hear Starbucks, Ben and Jerry's, Chik-fil-A, and Krispy Kreme are offering freebies to voters; why are none of them nearby!?!?!

We voted around 2:30. It took me no more than 10 minutes; I was amazed. But, our polling station didn't offer those "I Voted!" stickers; instead I took a couple of self-portraits to commemorate the day. I voted last year in VA with Jonathan, although I don't remember what it was even for then. But, this was a momentous election (either way), so I wanted him to have it documented. See photo (the rest are in our photo gallery). On the way home, we stopped by our local elementary school park to get some energy out, and we bumped into some friends. So, instead of the second nap, we played.

We picked up Dave from the train station. And, Jonathan was exhausted. Dinner wasn't so much fun, and he had a hard time falling asleep. overtired, I suppose. We watched BBC's coverage of the election. They were so entertaining to watch. But, by about 10pm, we fell asleep.