For Martin Luther King Jr. Day we went to a rally and march in Boulder. When I was telling Alex the night before about why he wouldn't have school I realized that this is a REALLY hard topic for a 6 year old to grasp. After I thought I did a good job explaining what MLK did Alex asked "what's a protest?" and "White people like us did that?" and "you mean black like Jack Ernstrom?" (who is the little latino boy in his class..) Yes, we are quite sheltered here in west arvada. So, we went to boulder (just because the denver parade was too early in the morning) and marched in the war protest, saw some actual black people, and listened to the famous speech. It turned out well, and very peaceful... which was what I was trying to convey to Alex.
We also went to the Denver Firefighter's Museum with some awesome free tickets from the library. It was so much fun! I was really surprised...
I am also now a soccer mom (a minor dream come true for me :). My kids are in the indoor soccer league and they LOVE it! I love it too, it's once a week (practice and game combined) and it's warm :) We'll see if they're interested in continuing for fall.
On a side note, Alex now calls me "m-o-m". Spells it out. It's kind of cute, kind of weird.
4 comments:
I love that one of your dreams was to be a soccer mom. Lydia looks so cute in her soccer gear. If you want to see black people in every day life you should move to Charleston. :) We were super sheltered in Utah and then we moved here and now we often feel like the minority! It's pretty cool.
You're such a great mom to make sure you kids have all these experiences! Sounds like a great week!
I was so pleasantly surprised to see you at soccer. I didn't even think that enrolling Evan in soccer would dub me the soccer mom title...I don't know how I feel about that. Anyway, I'm glad we still get to hang out once a week even though you're out of the ward.
What about my sister's kids??? You could use them as a reference for your kiddos about black people here in Colorado :) We will have to try out that museum...I'm fresh out of ideas for this winter time!
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