Election Day in the view of a child

This Election Day morning was a topic of getting ready for school conversation this morning. My children know my view on the election this year. Sorry to say that I am choosing not to vote this election year because I feel niether canidate is worthy of being our next president. Everyone has the right to their opion and whom they vote for and I have my choice also, and I have made that choice. In my fathers family they are all one party, my brother and myself were raised by my mom and we were always told no matter what party she is we have our own choice. This made an interesting argument between my brother and one of my uncles after my grandfathers funeral a couple of weeks ago. My brother got a couple of people thinking afterwards. With his views.

But anyways I have a mixed house. Yes my children are 13, 12, 10 & 9 but they have been following this election. For two reasons one is they hold a mock election at their school during election year and two they really do care whom is our president. I think if you ask most kids they do too. Maranda has given up she wanted Hillary Clinton as our president, not only because she is a woman, and someone that she looks up too, but she truly believed in her. I have an uncle that has always told Maranda that she will be the first woman president. When Hillary was campaigning Maranda told my uncle that it would not be true, but she told him "Uncle Dave I promise I will be one of the Women Presidents" and we all know someday she will be. This morning she said she still wasn't sure what way she was going to mock vote. She probley won't know until right before she does. David says hes just going to close his eyes and vote whom ever he checks off is his vote. Nice way to vote David, but then again he doesn't believe in either candidate either. Now both Kenny and Makayla are definite on whom they are going to vote for in the mock vote. And this is where the interesting part comes in, they both want the opposite of each other. This morning we heard why and fighting over their choices. But I think that they both gave a great argument on why they are choosing whom they are. At 9 & 10 years old they know what they want and whom they feel can give that too them. Well my dear children they don't have all the power to do what they are saying and you will soon learn that. Kenny next year in 5th grade you will learn more and maybe you can teach Makayla a year early. But you both make me very proud as do Maranda and David, to call you mine. You are all very independent, brilliant children in your own ways.

Football, Cheerleading, Football, Cheerleading

Football and Cheerleading has run our lifes since August 1st. It is now over and I am sorry to say I am quite bored with out it now. Yesturday was Kenny and Makayla's end of the year banquet. They are wearing their team tee-shirts to prove it to school today. Kenny was going to play basketball during the winter but decided he needed a break from sports. Which I was totally ok with at the time but now I am bored. I think that after 3 nights a week of practice two games to attend every Saturday it took over my life as it did thiers. I really wish they were on the same team but weren't so it ment 4 hours at a football field on Saturdays. But to see the fun they were having made it for me.

I loved hearing Makayla my very quiet, shy little girl turn in to a cheering machine. She was never shy on the side line of that football field cheering for her team and especially for her little "boy"friend and waiting for him to come off the field so they could talk. Getting up at 6:00 one Sunday morning, waking her with no problem. You have to understand she is a bear to wake up in the morning. Traveling 30 miles to be there at 8:00 for Cheerfest which there were Thousands of other Cheerleaders and parents. She just cheered her heart out. Yesturday we got our CD of pictures from that day and everyone of her has a smile on her face. There are over 600 pictures of their team, and the girls were so busy with their dance and cheer they didn't even know they were having thier pictures taken. She sure made me very proud. My baby is growing up.

Kenny what can I say, I watched him start out being afraid to be tackled during practice avoiding anyway he could by being tackled by two certain team mates during tackle drill at practice every night. To begging to have these two players tackle him and him tackle them. Also from wanting to quit after the first week of practice to "mom come on I'm going to be late for practice". There team did great with having 10 boys that had never played and 10 that played one year or a couple that had played no more than three years. They came in third for the season. Made it to playoff's, they lost thier game in the first round of playoffs but held thier own and did very well. Thier team had some very upsetting news one night at practice in September one of thier teammates could no longer play. Josh had been suffering from headaches that put him in terrible pain. Which they found out he had a brain tumor, which was cancer. Josh was in the hospital awaiting brain surgery to remove the mass. These boys asked thier coaches "What can we do for our teammate." They dedicated their season to Josh, and played their hearts out for him. They wore white arm bands with his number on thier left arms at every game. They signed his jersey and gave it too him. They asked questions to coaches and parents and always asked how he was doing. They asked the president of the football organization to raise money for this family to help with thier traveling costs back and forth to the hospital. They did everything they could for Josh for being 9,10 & 11 yr olds. They became a team helping a teammate in his time of need. YOU BOYS ARE GREAT AND KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE TEAM!!!! Yesturday at the banquet the whole team including Josh (which I was told by his mother is still not out of the woods for at least 5 years. The type of cancer is fast spreading and will have to have tests every month to make sure its not back) were back together as a team, and had one last team picture taken. A great way to end a great season. As always my boy makes me proud he is mine.

Another year gone

Halloween is over for another year. We did not do our Halloween party this year. Just too much going on. We just lost my grandfather on October 9th and my kids as well as myself have taken it pretty hard. My brother had to put his dog down this month after going her (the poor baby) going thru hell since he found out she had cancer in May. She had a front leg taken off, then a couple of weeks later her stomach twisted (which is very common in large dogs) and then twisted its self back(not common at all). A couple months later the cancer was back. They went to remove it but found more spreading thru out her body. They decided to just take her home and let her be spoiled and loved and die at home. Well she got to the point she was so weak my brother couldn't watch her suffer anymore. Our whole family took this pretty hard, she was loved by us all. Even though many people are terrified of Rotties you have never known one as Pacey was. She was a protector, a best friend, sometimes even a pillow for all her human cousins to lay upon. There was a ton of other things that got in the way of having a Halloween party this year also. Next year we will have another the kids love it as I do.

Now its time for me to get busy working on my Christmas crafting. First off I really need to get teachers and kids at school taken care of and thats what I am starting to work on.