Preschool Politics

The kids were very excited to "go voting" yesterday.  Scott remembered getting an American flag sticker and was ready to go as soon as the polls opened.  Natalie asked what voting meant, so Jon explained to her that we wanted to pick good leaders.  About an hour later, when we were ready to head out the door, Natalie started to whine and cry, "Want good leaders!  Good leaders!  Good leaders!"  

So, we voted, got our cherished stickers, and then began to watch the election results come in last night.  Jon and Kate watched together while I made a batch of consolation brownies (just in case things didn't go our way).   Jon is smiling in the picture below, but only 2% of the precincts were reporting at this time. 

The kids and I only stayed up about 30 minutes after the warm brownies came out of the oven.  We left Jon to report to results to us later.  This morning, the kids overheard Jon talking about the winners/losers.  Scott picked up on some disappointment and was beginning to look concerned.  I reminded him that we didn't need to be afraid and asked him who was ultimately in control.  He correctly responded that God was in control, and then we saw Natalie break out into spontaneous prayer.  With her head bowed and eyes closed, we overhead some of her mumbles..."Dear Jesus...BAD LEADERS..."    We couldn't make out the rest, but it sure made us smile. 

And finally...here's a picture of poor Kate getting some love.  Christmas pictures are going to be tricky this year...