I am pleased to report what perfect little twins accompanied me at the polls today.
Not only were they on their best behavior - waiting patiently at my side while in line, not pushing one another, and helping mommy carry the ballot and pen to the voting booth - but they were also delightful with their little repertoire of manners. Yes, that's right. When we turned mommy's ballot into the registrar, Paige said politiely "Here you go, all done." Then, when the registrar passed out the "I Voted" stickers to each little one, both Taylor and Paige said "thank you". That's right - a nice, gracious "thank you" and the best part, it was totally unprompted by dear ol' mom. I simply can't remember the last time I saw a 3-year old dole out a "thank you" to a stranger totally unprompted by either dear ol' mom or dad.
Needless to say, I was very impressed with my kids!!!
Now, as for the actual teachable moments for voting today....I explained to Paige and Taylor that mommy had to fill out the circles and color them in nicely and be sure to pick good men and women to help our country...Paige and Taylor looked on with earnest.
Finally, my most favorite teachable moment at the polls today was as we were leaving, Taylor turned to me and said, "let's vote again, let's vote again, let's vote again!"
I used this opportunity to talk with Taylor and Paige about that important election rule of only voting one time. I didn't venture into the territory of explaining how some people try to vote more than one time and that some people try to cheat or steal...I simply told them: "When we vote, we only vote one time. We don't get to vote over and over again today. We will get to vote again another day..."
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Welcome to my blog - it's like a diary only better. This is my soapbox containing a collection of my thoughts and the experiences of my life raising twins.
Prior to this blog, prior to marriage and prior to the twinsanity that I now call my life, life was quite different for me. When you visit this blog, you won’t find me writing much about my life pre-twins – I hope that’s okay. Why? You ask. Because life with twins changes everything and my life pre-multiples is now just a dizzy, distant memory. And while it’s true that life years ago may have been a little more glamorous, the life I live now is a whole lot more rewarding and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
I’m glad you’ve stopped by...there’s a really strong chance that I won’t offer anything extraordinary here, but by the same token there is also the possibility that you will experience a taste of the adventures, challenges and many joys that come with my life with twins. Hopefully that will be enough to bring you back here again.
Prior to this blog, prior to marriage and prior to the twinsanity that I now call my life, life was quite different for me. When you visit this blog, you won’t find me writing much about my life pre-twins – I hope that’s okay. Why? You ask. Because life with twins changes everything and my life pre-multiples is now just a dizzy, distant memory. And while it’s true that life years ago may have been a little more glamorous, the life I live now is a whole lot more rewarding and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
I’m glad you’ve stopped by...there’s a really strong chance that I won’t offer anything extraordinary here, but by the same token there is also the possibility that you will experience a taste of the adventures, challenges and many joys that come with my life with twins. Hopefully that will be enough to bring you back here again.
