Voting!

So, the babies are 3,2,1 right?  Well, the oldest has been to two caucuses, and has been in the room to vote like 5 times.   She was so pumped when I told her today was voting day.

"Hooray!  Time to vote, everyone gets to vote!  Hooray!"

Uh oh I think.  She has done this, she knows the plan.   So I go, I check in.  She hangs out near the stickers, checking out the ballot with the magnifier.  She did this for the primary as well.   And then.. I vote.  I get my sticker.  All is working as planned.  Then, someone offers her a sticker.

"No, I didn't get to vote.  I DIDN"T GET TO VOTE YET."

Here we go.

Ms. A was holding her papa's leg, and wanting to move around the world, making some noise.  The 7 am crowd are all on their way to work, not so interested in babies in the polling place.  I was worried.  I stepped out with the girls, tried to put on the bike helmets.  There goes B, back down the ramp and into the room.  " I DIDN'T VOTE.  Everyone MUST vote."  

Shoot.  This is all me.  I do tell them that everyone must vote.  We get all excited about voting day.  We vote for other things, to learn that voting is important.   I will print out the sample ballot for today, and see if I can get her to vote absentee...


Everyone MUST VOTE!  Do your part.