Today is officially a school holiday, but I thought it important that we watch the inauguration ceremony. We don't have cable, but we did recently buy an antenna that gets us the network channels in HD, so that works well enough for those purposes.
I think it's important for kids to understand how our government work, the parts that we're proud of and the parts we're less so. Today is a part I'm proud of.
Ansel was not impressed by how long the whole thing was. I thought that, relatively speaking, it was fairly succinct. I could have done without the poetry and the incredibly long invocation, but it is what it is. I also enjoyed watching the president's limousine drive to the Capitol, recognizing places I've been along the way(we're originally from a suburb of Washington DC and I have spent a fair amount of time in the city). We even managed to find a picture of us sort of in front of the Capitol.
There's also a picture of Kadin talking to a Congressman(Christopher Shays, the Republican from Connecticut) on the steps of the Capitol. Kadin didn't miss a beat when it came to eating his Cheez Its. Priorities when you're 5, you know?
But mostly today I was proud to see such an accomplished, well spoken man represent us.
"The parts we're proud of and the parts we're less so," is such a fantastic way to describe the goverment to kids. Actually that would apply to a lot of things.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely true.
DeleteHow wonderful that you made sure to include your kids in this historic event. AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteI think they mostly enjoyed it.
DeleteAmazing that you were there! So jealous.
ReplyDeleteOh, LOL, we definitely weren't at the inauguration! But we've been in the city a bunch of times, and that day were at the Capitol because of a nurse-in that was being held to support a bill that was up for vote.
DeleteLOL, my bad! Still cool though :)
Deletehow wonderful that you want your kids to understand what is going on! i have social studies education degree and i find that not enough parents do! :) good for you! xo
ReplyDeleteI have a strong personal interest in history, government, civics, the whole thing. So I guess it's a natural extension to involve my kids in it. As we watched the inauguration I explained to my older son who all the people were and what their roles are. He was especially interested in the president's chief of staff. My younger son listened, to a point, but was really only interested in the Secret Service members. No big surprise there!
DeleteI love how both you and your son are baby wearing! My kids have all loved their own baby sling, too.
ReplyDeleteThis time four years ago I remember how momentous it felt. We watched it up here (I'm in Canada). This time was exciting too, but we didn't watch it all.