Confused

Ryan awoke from his nap late yesterday afternoon and would not stop crying. I took him to Daddy and Daddy said, "Do you want to go vote with Daddy?" He immediately stopped crying and shook his head yes, reaching for Daddy.

On our way home from the voting polls, Ryan asked "Where we going?" We told him we were going home. He said, "No we not. We going on a boat." Here he thought Doug told him "boat" instead of "vote." We laughed and explained to him what voting was. He seemed to take it well and wasn't overly disappointed.

When we came out of the voting polls, Regina asked if that's the way people vote in other countries. I told her they probably had their own method of doing it.

Once we got home she said, "I thought voting was going to be waving flags and lifting your feet." She was remembering a few years ago in the D.R. when they held their Presidential elections. They really make a big deal in the campaigning. They have a song written with their slogan in it etc. The ice cream shop just across the street from our house played the LOUD music of their candidate and danced, waving flags, and stopping cars to try to persuade them to vote for their fellow. It was a very interesting time as the LOUD campaign music floated through our whole house for several weeks prior to the election.

The celebration afterward was just as loud and boisterous. They drove around in vehicles dragging tin cans, beeping horns, and hollaring. It was quite the ordeal and I don't think our kids will ever forget the campaigning of the celebration of victory after the election.