Thinking Bee

So Tuesday will be the historic day when Barack Obama is elected the first black president of our United States. He is the senator of my home state of Illinois but he is (gasp!) not the one I will be voting for. I know some people think it's futile to vote non-Democratic here in California. But I believe that voting where my ballot will do very little is not for naught but simply my civic duty and responsibility to my family. It was a bit surprising to discover that among Kwang, his brother, his brother's wife, and me, I am the only registered voter in California even though I am the one who did not grow up here. I myself detest politics, am neither Democrat nor Republican and will be glad when this is all over, but really feel it's one very significant way I can care for my children. How can I afford not to vote whether it's for the commander in chief of the nation I raise my kids in or on a proposition that determines how we define the marriage institution in our state?

What a notable week this will be in our nation's history.

While they were playing together, I overheard Jude giving Eli a little of his trick-or-treat candy (surprise, surprise, Eli had finished his daily allotted amount). Eli must've been disappointed with what he got, because I then heard Jude use a phrase he learned in school: "You get what you get and you don't get upset." I think his teacher says it. Not bad!

(Ethan & Jude after an evening of trick-or-treating)

Two year old Eli has also learned a phrase from a classmate at school. He now says, "What the heck?" in correct context. Wonderful.

My favorite little bumblebee in 2004 was Jude Kim. My favorite little bumblebee in 2006 was Eli Kim. My favorite little bumblebee in 2008?

What a sport. Audrey has a horrible cold right now but still managed to put up with mom's camera. We're so cheap that not only do we not buy different costumes for our kids but we conveniently timed each of their births so they would all fit the same size-6-month costume: