Jordan's weekly school newsletter

I don't know why the picture below is blurry, but hopefully if you click on it you see the high-res version.

Univer-Sith of Washington

I'm going to try to get posting again.  Today we drove past the UW campus and Jordan said excitedly, "Look!  It's Dark Vader!"

(Yes, he's Star-Wars obsessed even though he's never seen it and we have no such materials in our home.)  We explained to him that it was not Darth Vader, it was George Washington; but I had to admit that they did look a little similar, with the cape.  "And he's black," added Jordan.  That too.  

Nodedim weekly

Jordan and Aaron's teachers each send out a weekly newsletter highlighting their fun activities.  Here's Aaron's latest.

Obama says Yes We Can...

...but Aaron says No.

(I tried to post the video here directly but Blogger can't seem to handle it.  The link is to Google Video.  As I post, it's still processing, so if it doesn't work right away, try back later.)

Aaron's new-word-practice notwithstanding, we are all enjoying the election results.  Jordan says "I love Barack Obama!  Because he's a good guy, and he's going to do a good job!"  Pretty much sums it up.  This morning at school, the morning's white-board question was "Do you know who won the election?" and Jordan wrote O, B, A.  Yay for that!

There's lots of good news locally too - our preferred governor, new plans for light rail and express buses, new parks, and money to repair and retrofit Pike Place Market.  Dale and I enjoyed voting for all these things in person yesterday, but apparently that will be the last time; we're going all absentee over here.  See my sticker?  (The hand is Jordan's.)

Elmo, king of the world

At Jordan's school they say blessings before meals, etc., and today we caught him singing to himself, "Baruch atah adonai, Elmo-heinu melech ha-olam."