On Nov. 4th we took Sienna with us to the polls to vote and she even received a "I voted" sticker even though she is not quite old enough to participate. It was a strange experience...I put Sienna in the Bjorn so I would have my hands free, but when we got to our voting location, the woman told me that Sienna couldn't go in the booth with me. She was willing, however, to hold her while I voted. Daniel was there so I passed her to him, but when I mentioned this story to my Dad later, he said that he helped at his voting location and he said there were no rules against bringing kids in the voting booth. So, we concluded that the lady just wanted to hold Sienna just for fun...? I don't mind if it is a rule, but if you are making up stories just to hold someone's baby...well that's just creepy. ANYWAY, here are a few pictures sporting her "I voted" sticker.
Apparently it was a emotional day for her - she ate contently, waved happily, and sobbed sadly all within 5 minutes. It is hard to be a girl. After she was done having her emotional rollercoaster, we went to Reston Town Center for free ice cream for voters :) It was delicious.
Then last week we met our friends Lisa and baby Emma at the mall so the girls could crawl around the play area. Since both girls have mastered the crawling thing, they love pulling up to stand and this play area gave them a great chance to practice. Emma liked to play in a little tunnel under a big tree and she even went down the slide by herself! Sienna, on the other hand spend most of the time crawling away from me. I thought she might want to play with her Mom, but nope! She was up and running on her own. My mom says I was the same way when I was little - I guess what goes around comes around...
Here is a (blurry) picture of Lisa and Emma...
Emma's "Tree Tunnel"...
We tried to take a picture of the girls together, but they fell over. Oops.
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