all kinds of "–ful"

Hopeful. Thankful. Wonderful.

What a day, yesterday. I loved that our boys are old enough (6 and 8) to learn about voting. We took them to the polls to vote with us. They were off school and found it funny that our polling place was actually their school's cafeteria. We took our time, explained the process, got "I Voted" stickers. Bought donuts afterward at the PTA fund raising table outside. A nice experience.

Later last night, we got out electoral vote maps and red and blue colored pencils. The boys were so excited about coloring the states and adding the votes as the wins were projected. Of course, being on the east coast, they went to bed before their maps were complete. The Older asked me to finish his map...

...the Younger found the chatter on CNN a little boring and entertained himself otherwise. :)
The first thing out of their mouths this morning was "Who won? Who won?" I'm so grateful they got to be a small part of history in the making.

Ok, on to other winning moments: Nihal at Crossroads Istanbul is the winner of the Week #3 give-away! Thank you all so much for your comments and ornament stories, I loved reading them. So many fond memories seem to be evoked each year as they are unwrapped and added to the tree.

This concludes the weekly blog give-aways, but the Customer Appreciation Give-away continues in my shop until Thanksgiving! Hey, and speaking of my etsy shop, this week I batted a thousand: 1000 sales on etsy!

more wonderful!