Sunday, January 18, 2009

Dandeelyon explains why we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day...


So tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr Day and Dandeelyon is very grateful to Dr. King because she gets out of school because if him...so when having a discussion about why else he matters she tells me a little story.. it went kind of like this. 

Dandeelyon: Daddy, do you know Martin Luther King?

Daddy: I sure do, why do you ask?

Dandeelyon: Because we get out of school to celebrate his day.

Daddy: Oh is that so?  Why is he so important to have a whole day named after him?

Dandeelyon: Because when he was alive, white kids had to go to white schools, black kids had to go to black schools, and chinese kids had to go to chinese schools.

Daddy: Wow, and then what happened Dandeelyon?

Dandeelyon: He gave a big dream speech, now they let the black and chinese kids come to the white schools. 

She had it kinda right....kids are so funny.

Tomorrow night we are going to a candlelight Vigil at Boaz and Ruth...5 Corners. Should be a neat thing for Reagan to experience. 

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Dandeelyon made a Christmas "Funny"


So I am having a discussion with Dandeelyon about the Christmas story, when she tells me that baby Jesus was visited by wise men and they gave him gifts....when I asked what the gifts were she said, "Oh daddy, everyone knows that, they were gold, myrrh, and a sentence."