all american
we pulled out the ole red, white and blue for debate night.
as a side note, it's hot again, so bye-bye to the beanie by midday.
we tried the little bow-on-the-head trick using a bit of karo syrup. it looked cute but i felt kinda bad about the sticky spot on her head and the bow didn't stay put for long. so it might be lucy's one and only sticky-bow experience.
after a little afternoon outdoor nap.....
she wakened to her favorite people in the world...
i decided that having a baby to raise up as a thinking and active citizen is actually a very patriotic thing to do. that's central to my version of the red-white-blue. this is the country where my baby (and maybe someday her babies) will grow up. that makes me more interested in politics and activism than ever.
what is american style to you? to me today it was vintage levi's denim shirt and soft printed 80s tee, spiced up with a bit of fringe and batik. multi-culturalism if you will.
well lucy was pretty stoked to head over to rebecca and zack and sylvan's to watch the debate with our friends...
and no wonder....so many friends to greet, legos and trains and books and walkie talkies to check out.
sylvan's door notice: "Welcome to Room 6. Mr. Pangbroehrn. I teach Math. I am a janitor too. NEW: Swimming Free 3:00 pm."
she already loves sylvan.
and with good reason, after all he has a fraggle doll.
oliver patiently awaiting pizza.
pizza, beer, wine and presidential debate. with lots of eruptions of laughter and indignation and fact checking from our little crowd.
lucy loves sociopolitical gatherings. they invigorate her. when we got home, daddy was zonked but she was ready to keep up the party.
It's a party in the U.S.A!
Comments
Actually, to be totally serious, I'm really happy that you feel like Lucy's presence in your world is making you even more aware of important issues of the day. That's how I feel it should be, yet all too often it seems (to me) that upon becoming parents people channel their political/environmental/societal passions into the small scale of things that immediately affect their family.
They bang their fists at PTA meetings and demand new playgrounds and crosswalks at city hall, while almost completely ignoring the bigger picture of their children's actual future, this society, this world we live in.
On the one level it's easy to understand why this might be. What's terrifying about our world, becomes all the more so when you bring someone in it that will live beyond your century, into the great unknown future, so it's easier to focus on why they're not getting the best possible schooling to prep them for a college education. And most parents are terribly tired and over-stretched.
At the same time though, if all the parents in the world really realized what is at stake for their children, we might get where we need to get a lot sooner and those children's future would be a heck of a lot brighter.
So yew-haa for your politically engaged lil' fan! When grown-up Lucy sees these shots she'll know where her fervor for political action came from.
ps. sorry for the world's looongest comment.
i'm so stoked you have a group of pals to do things like watch debates with....especially with dinner involved. your community seems so rad. love you!
I've said it before, I'll say it again, your community rocks. Everything about this get together is awesome.