It's been a while

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been able to post. Such is the life or a working mom! We are going to be going on a cruise in a month so we are very excited about that. I’ve been spending some time planning our shore excursions and trying to make the best choice for my son so that he isn’t stuck sitting in a bus for a long amount of time, bored out of his mind. I’m really looking forward to this vacation and I’m excited that my son will already be visiting other countries and he’s only 3.

My son’s infatuation with balloons continues. He is also a politically-minded toddler and recently those two things have crossed paths. Last year I was avidly campaigning locally for Ron Paul’s Presidency and I took my son to Ron Paul events. Because of this exposure he started getting excited whenever he saw Ron Paul’s photo and would start yelling “Ron Paul! Ron Paul!” Unfortunately, Ron Paul didn’t get the Republican nomination and has since then been pretty much out of the spotlight. Now my son is backing Barack Obama. When we ask him Barack Obama or John McCain, he emphatically replied “Rock Obama!”  When he sees John McCain on TV he yells “No John McCain!” This weekend he was asking for a Barack Obama balloon. I wish I had one to give him, but I don’t think they even make those!

He also still asks for a new green Mickey Mouse balloon. This is the balloon we bought him at Disney on his birthday four months ago. It’s so cute because I’ll explain that we are going on a cruise ship soon and we are saving money for that and then maybe a month or two after that we can go back to Disney and get a new green Mickey Mouse balloon. He’ll patiently listen and wait for me to get done explaining and then immediately he’ll say “I want a new green Mickey Mouse balloon.”