Unplugged Challenge : Flag & some favorite election reads...

...we hadn't participated in an unplugged challenge in a few weeks, but with this week's challenge of flag, and some new (and newly organized) craft supplies, i decided a simple stamp and sponge-painting flag would be an easy approach to this week's theme.










ben is a bit young yet to understand about the symbolism and meaning of the flag, or the concept of the election, but we picked up some new-to-us books at the library that relate to this election season










pictured : the little big book of america, our white house: looking in looking out, america: a patriotic primer, and independent dames

i'll be adding all of these to my library, and i'm looking forward to sharing them with ben in coming years.

i'm looking forward to the end of election season, and hoping so very much that Obama is our 44th president... aside from all the reasons why i'm voting for him, i am thrilled that my child is born in a time when a black man is able to run for president. what a long way we've come from the 1950's and 1960's!