Election Day, 2008!

Well, today marked our little Jack's first experience of "voting" in a Presidential Election! He was just over 10 months old in the last election, so this was the first time he has understood the occasion. He woke up with Mommy and Daddy this morning and went with us to our polling place at Grapevine Elementary School (where he will start Kindergarten next August) to watch us VOTE! When we went into the voting place, Jack stood on a small metal folding chair between us and watched the miracle of freedom in action - the privilege to vote for our country's leaders! He was very respectful and we were able to take some pictures outside.

We had been getting him ready for this day for a while, explaining the election process and Steve even getting him a kid's video to watch about "Election Day!" He was worried there would be big lines (based on what we heard on the news), but was very relieved that we walked right in. One of our polling officer said that of 3400 registered voters in our precinct, 2000 of them had already voted EARLY - before counting the voters that came today. That is an amazing turnout!

After we voted we walked by the school cafeteria and heard the elementary choir singing a beautiful rendition of "This Is My Country - Land That I Love." What a beautiful sound and a fitting way to experience our son's first Election Day!