I'm meeting friends at the polling place so we can take turns voting and watching kids, and then we're going on a hike.

As I just mentioned in an earlier thread, my 15-month-old is an early riser and was up at 4:00 today.  So we decided to beat the crowds and we arrived at the polls when they opened, with him in the Ergo carrier.  Some woman said to him, "Wow, you're up early!"  I just responded with "You have no idea..."

What is this voting of which you speak?  Our primary is in May - I can't remember when I've actually had a real say in the presidential primary process.  ::grumble::

On a side note, by oldest is excited to realize that she'll be able to vote in the next presidential election.  Boy, does that make me feel old.

Lesley

me to vote.  We were waiting to go that evening when DH got home.  I guess the subject came up off and on all day.  That evening we went to the polls.  Wow, was she disappointed.  She thought we were going boating.

Note to NCMom. A bill which would move our primary to Feb. died during the session last year.  Contact your state legislators this year.  Maybe next time.

and my daughter turns 18 in March so she will be able to vote. I am having a party for her to celebrate being able to vte

The PA primaries may actually count this time!

DS won't be coming to the caucus tonight (swim class) but last year (when he was 3) he came to visit me when I worked as an election judge. The old people (I was the youngest one there by 30 years) were so thrilled to see him. He walked into the room and started chatting people up like a politician. Uninvited, he climbed right into the lap of the most outspoken Dem grandma lady there and told her, "We're finishing our basement so I can get a baby brother or sister." Just out of the blue, appropos of nothing. It was hysterical.

I've never voted without my kids, but this will be the first time I'm voting in my new neighborhood.

I took a photo in front of the school, where it says "vote here; vote aqui".  I'll post the photo tonight, when I get home.  When we went in to vote - the poll worker said to Seth "pay attention, so you'll know how this done" LOL

It was fun - we went before school - I volunteered for a PA raffle sale - Seth felt like a big shot - in school before the teachers even!  I liked that he saw what a big deal the election was - alot of traffic in and out of school!

I may have to take DS.  DH has an event tonight that he may have to get to before I can come home, so it may be take DS or don't go.  It's my first time caucusing (unbelievable...I have a degree in poli sci) so I really want to do this.  I know DS won't get anything out of it, but I believe in cumulative experiences.  I think it will be good for him to know that we involved him in this from the beginning of his life.  I hope other adults will be understanding.

It got me thinking about Election Day.  In '04 I participated in getting older folks to the polls, but now I'm thinking about parents of younger children.  I'd be interested in helping to organize some kind of childcare so everyone who wants to go can go.  I imagine there may also be adult caregivers (my mom's job is at-home care for a woman who has early Alzheimer's) who face the same issues in trying to arrange to be out of the house for even an hour.

However, I sat down to fill out my mail in ballot with my 11 year old son and he knows how I voted. Here's a funny - his dad is a Swedish immigrant with a green card so cannot vote - but would vote GOP if he could (weird!!). So Alex gets quite a bit of GOP feed from his dad and from my parents (who are voting Romney today). Still, Alex has been watching all the debates and coverage with me and he is currently rooting for...Hillary!! I love my kid :-) Even though I voted Obama, I promised him that I will display a big 'ol Hillary sign in my front yard if she is the nominee and he promised to wear an Obama button to school if he wins :-)

I let my six year old political junkie fill in my ballot, and we'll bring it to the polls together after school.  (This is the kid who asked to stay in the car with the radio because the NPR story on Rudy Giulliani was "too exciting" to turn off.)  You won't find a rectangle more carefully filled in than the one beside Obama's name.  We discussed the ballot initiatives carefully - he strongly supports the community college one but relied on my guidance for the indian gaming initiatives.  And the gas tax initiative led to a nice discussion about how budget set-asides are a zero sum game.  Did I mention he's six?

I figured it was only fair to let my son have my vote. After all, he was an Obama supporter before I was.  :-)

I should have taken a picture!  I didn't think about it until I read this thread.

I voted with my 4 year old this morning.  It was fun to get him to fill in the blanks (with help).

into the voting booth with me. We've been talking a lot about the candidates this primary season, so they know what's going on. Everyone in my family supports Obama, including me.

But ... here's the thing. I'm suddenly feeling a pull toward Hillary. I would love for my daughters to see me pull the lever for the first viable female presidential candidate in history. This is such a historic moment! I may turn out to be one of those voters who decides while she's in the voting booth ... which would be a first for me. It's so nice to feel like we're choosing between the best of two good candidates, rather than the lesser of two evils.

As I posted in the open thread DS was excited about going to vote (and a promise of crackers and juice afterward!). He got a little shy around the poll workers but they were really sweet and asked him if he was voting today. His response: Hat Off. Mommy Voting. :) I was cracking up all the way back to the car!

my son goes with me, but he will be with his dad today when i go. his dad did not get registered early enough to vote in the primary, but come november, we will each be taking him at separate times so he can get a double whammy.

I forgot to take my camera to the polling place, but I will try to take a pic of Maya tonight proudly wearing her "I Voted" sticker.

I got to the polls after a morning meeting and unexpectedly ran into DH and DD, who were stopping by on the way home from dance class. Maya spotted me, ran into my arms and said, "Mami's gonna vote too!"

This was the first year we used electronic voting machines, so it took me a minute to figure it out. Our polling place is a school library, so I read Maya a Sesame Street book while her dad voted. Then I was off to work!

with my 3-month-old daughter with me.  All of the volunteers at the polling station came over to see her. She smiled and cooed!

This is Lily's second time at the polls... I am going to try to have 18 years of pictures.

this is my shirt and here is hers. I made hers :)

Here, I cannot resist.

He wants you all to know that he is usually NOT this happy to go be in front of his school!

I love these pictures! Lilly and Seth have gotten so big.