Finally | dooce®
http://dooce.com/daily-photo/2009/01/20/finally
Me: “Leta, today is a very important day.”
Leta: “But why?”
Me: “Because we’re getting a new president.”
Leta: “What kind of new president?!”
Me: “His name is Barack Obama.”
Leta: “… what did you say?”
Me: “BARACK OBAMA.”
Leta: “That is a really silly name, Mom.”
I’ve been posting most of my inappropriate feelings towards Obama on my twitter, but I thought this conversation from Dooce was a pretty accurate summary of what trying to explain the gravity of this event to our preschooler and kindergardener has been like. There’s a few moments of intensely concentrated silence, and then one of them asks for a popsicle.