Election report

I was so excited about Taylor's sitting in the last post that I forgot to address the big election! It was quite an exciting night - while David and I aren't thrilled with everything Obama has to offer, it certainly was a historic evening. McCain actually had an item in his proposed healthcare plan that didn't matter to most - but certainly did to us. In his plan he would treat any employer-provided healthcare benefits as income. In our case, that could easily be an additional $200K-$300K per year! We are very fortunate to have excellent insurance through Microsoft and are certainly using it to its fullest coverage. McCain's plan would definitely not have worked as well for us. Of course, Obama comes with his own set of pro's and con's, but we had an exciting evening watching the results.

Usually we don't have the TV on at night until right before the kids go to bed. But, we all watched the election results and it was a riot to hear Lauren and Jacob's perspectives. Here are my favorites:

• "I don't want to be president, because then you have to change the tires," Lauren - huh??


• "Is that Troy Bolton?" Jacob wondering if Luke Russert, who covered the youth vote for NBC was his favorite High School Musical star.


• "Seattle voted for Obama and the big state of Dallas voted for McCain," Lauren.


• "Since Obama won this time, I'm sure McCain will get to win next time," Lauren.

I love that the kids are learning a little about the political process and it's great to hear their interpretations. Taylor, of course, was nonplussed, but we're happy her insurance is solid for now.

Today we had a fun day - Taylor went to her first movie - High School Musical 3, of course. Lauren and Jacob were so excited and paid close attention. Taylor also stayed awake the whole time and was very well behaved. She started to babble a time or two, but had her trusty binky to keep quiet during the show. I've also spent a lot of time organizing our digital pictures - I take a million pictures and I've gotten behind ordering prints and making albums. In the last few days, I've ordered over 1,000 pictures of our last year - it's been so fun to revisit lots of special memories.

Today was the first time Lauren asked when Taylor would start to crawl. I told her that Taylor was learning and wasn't it exciting that she was almost sitting by herself? Lauren said she really wants Taylor to be able to crawl. It pulled on my heart because I want Taylor to be able to play more actively too. She will get there though - we all just have to be patient.