This afternoon, after the kids napped, we watched the Inaugural Parade. Jeff and I had to convince the kids to have dinner at the big table (the one in our Breakfast Nook). After dinner, they could watch the parade. Bella sat on my lap after dinner on the floor of our family room and waved at Michelle Obama every time she saw her wave. My littlest one then started in with "Hi Michelle" every time Michelle waved. I'm not sure if Bella thought The First Lady was waving directly at her or not. It was so cute just the same.
My oldest two were excited...they waved their flags and jumped for joy. I printed off Obama paper buttons for them to wear and they wore them for as long as the tape lasted.
So I hope that President and Mrs. Obama know that my 4 1/2 year old son wants to work to rebuild America and my nearly 2 year old just wants to say "Hi Michelle". All of my kids loved to wave their flags, both of them...their Korean flags and their American flags.
~Jen
Showing posts with label History was Made Today. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Thoughts about Today's Events
As soon as I came down the stairs of our home and went into our family room, I turned on the TV for today's events. I mention to the two oldest that I know of somebody who is there...who is in that sea of people that look like little ants since the pictures are coming from buildings like the Washington Monument. My oldest was shocked that I knew one person in that crowd of people...that his Mommy knew of somebody who is there right now.
We watched history unveiling herself in front of our eyes today. My kids are too young to understand it all yet...too young to comprehend what this means. We are decked out in our Red White and Blue today...just like the colors that I vote in.
We heard that the National Mall reach capacity of 1.2 million people and is closed to more people at 9:15 this morning. We heard the cheering of the crowds who lined the streets as the motorcade went from the White House to the Capitol Building. We watched in awe that these events were happening right in front of us, in front of the world to see. We heard the heard the words from Bruce Springsteen "no retreat baby no surrender".
We saw the eyes in the crowd fill up with tears of joy to see this event.
Katie had to dress up for the occasion with her tiara, butterfly wings, high heels, princess wand, necklace, and pink princess skirt on.
The kids waved their flags. They saluted all of the former presidents just like the military guards did. They cheered with the crowds. They screamed out OBAMA (OBAMA-MAMA, or OMAMA) all on their own. They pointed at each time an American flag was on the TV and waved theirs in return. Bella waved hi to Michelle Obama as she waved at the crowd there. Ryan and Katie took the oath of office just like Vice President Biden did. They took the oath of office just like President Obama did. They cheered, they jumped around the room, waved their flags, and screamed out OBAMA afterwards. Bella "sang" to our National Anthem.
During Obama's speech my kids ate lunch in the family room (something which we rarely do) but it was important for them to see him in this historical moment for our country. Obama had mentioned that starting today, and I'm paraphrasing here, we need to work to remake America...so Ryan pushed back the chair from the table, stood up and put down his spoon and said "okay I'm ready to work". My four and a half year old was serious and wants to help...so where do I sign him up to help our country??? I'm thinking being a good citizen, being helpful and kind towards others, clean up the world around him, and more.
At the end of the speech, Katie screams out that she sees Kathaleen there and Ryan says and I see Maggie. It was too precious. I didn't have the heart to say that I didn't think so...not after seeing them with so much pride.
So today we had the fanfare...we had the pomp and circumstance. We had the jumping for sheer joy that Obama is president. We paid respect to the former Presidents that are still living. We waved hi to Michelle Obama. We stood and took the oath of office ourselves. We saw and cheered with the crowds there. We are decked out in our red, white and blue.
Now we have the lull until the parade so we are playing with toys until then.
We watched history unveiling herself in front of our eyes today. My kids are too young to understand it all yet...too young to comprehend what this means. We are decked out in our Red White and Blue today...just like the colors that I vote in.
We heard that the National Mall reach capacity of 1.2 million people and is closed to more people at 9:15 this morning. We heard the cheering of the crowds who lined the streets as the motorcade went from the White House to the Capitol Building. We watched in awe that these events were happening right in front of us, in front of the world to see. We heard the heard the words from Bruce Springsteen "no retreat baby no surrender".
We saw the eyes in the crowd fill up with tears of joy to see this event.
Katie had to dress up for the occasion with her tiara, butterfly wings, high heels, princess wand, necklace, and pink princess skirt on.
The kids waved their flags. They saluted all of the former presidents just like the military guards did. They cheered with the crowds. They screamed out OBAMA (OBAMA-MAMA, or OMAMA) all on their own. They pointed at each time an American flag was on the TV and waved theirs in return. Bella waved hi to Michelle Obama as she waved at the crowd there. Ryan and Katie took the oath of office just like Vice President Biden did. They took the oath of office just like President Obama did. They cheered, they jumped around the room, waved their flags, and screamed out OBAMA afterwards. Bella "sang" to our National Anthem.
During Obama's speech my kids ate lunch in the family room (something which we rarely do) but it was important for them to see him in this historical moment for our country. Obama had mentioned that starting today, and I'm paraphrasing here, we need to work to remake America...so Ryan pushed back the chair from the table, stood up and put down his spoon and said "okay I'm ready to work". My four and a half year old was serious and wants to help...so where do I sign him up to help our country??? I'm thinking being a good citizen, being helpful and kind towards others, clean up the world around him, and more.
At the end of the speech, Katie screams out that she sees Kathaleen there and Ryan says and I see Maggie. It was too precious. I didn't have the heart to say that I didn't think so...not after seeing them with so much pride.
So today we had the fanfare...we had the pomp and circumstance. We had the jumping for sheer joy that Obama is president. We paid respect to the former Presidents that are still living. We waved hi to Michelle Obama. We stood and took the oath of office ourselves. We saw and cheered with the crowds there. We are decked out in our red, white and blue.
Now we have the lull until the parade so we are playing with toys until then.
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