I, Robot... You, Jane

Yesterday I received 4 or 5 "robocalls" reminding me to vote today for Jim Martin. One was from Barack Obama himself. I tried to ask him how his Thanksgiving went, but he just wanted to get through what he had to say...lots of calls to make, no time to chat, you know how it is. Oh well.

So I went out with the girls and voted today. Lydia was pretty into it. She got two "I'm a Georgia Voter" stickers, and when we got back into the car she said "Mommy I want to rock the vote now". I'm so proud. It took me 26 years to become politically aware, she's starting at two.

In other news, we are now in the Christmas season, which I just love. We have our Christmas tree up with pretty lights and ornaments. Its a fake tree, but I figure we will work our way up to the real thing one day. Juliet is fascinated by the tree and keeps trying to pull the lights off. Did I mention she's crawling now? I'm particularly excited this year because my parents now live down here, and we can start a new world of family traditions. Will it be like it was when I grew up, where our immediate family will do presents in the morning and then go be with the extended family later that day? Will the grandparents come over first thing in the morning to watch us open our presents? Will Lydia and Juliet sneak into our bedroom and jump on our bed early in the morning with the stockings while we pretend to be asleep? Well, maybe not that last one yet. Or will there be brand new traditions that we've never done before, like skinny Jewish Santa? Its fun either way and I can't wait to see what unfolds for the new generation of the Belk Family Christmas.

If only you could be here too, Amy!