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I was all prepared to blog about a conference I went to last week on fundraising, but it just seems crazy NOT to blog about the election.  So, I will blog about the conference another time and share my thoughts on the election with you all today.

My oldest son was two months old for the last Presidential election.  He basically slept through the whole thing and had no idea what was going on.  Now, for this Presidential election, I have two sons and I brought my two boys with me to vote.  They have been very into the whole thing for months.  This year we had signs out on our front yard, we handed out literature, we wore stickers and buttons and ate “Donuts for Democrats.”   

 I expected a long wait at the polls yesterday and brought stickers, goldfish crackers, grapes, crayons, books and emergency M&Ms.  We didn’t have a wait and I didn’t need my bag of kid-entertaining supplies.  The boys walked around proudly all day with their I Voted stickers.  The whole day my oldest son kept asking about the election and the first thing he said when he woke this morning was, “Did Barak Obama win?”  He was THRILLED when I told him that our candidate won.  I know he doesn’t really get it, but he sure was excited.  It is great to see him so excited about something besides Thomas the Tank Engine.

I wonder - what kinds of issues and candidates will we have on the ballot when my children are old enough to vote?  And will this election seem as historic then as it does now? 

So, tell me, what did you all think about the election?  Do you remember voting as a kid?  Any of you vote with your kids this time?