President's Address

So Pres. Obama had his speech to the children today. I kind of wish they would have broadcast it so we could watch it as a family. But I guess this way they could make sure ALL the kids watched it. I haven't read it yet. Sophie's school opted not to watch it, and so only Peter - my kindergartner - watched it. I plan on listening to it at some point, just haven't gotten around to it yet. So after school I had a few questions today.


Me:Did you watch the President speak today at school?
Pete:Huh???
Me:Did you watch TV at school today?
Pete:Yeah...
Me:Do you know who that was?
Pete:No.
Me:He is the President of the United States of America, where we live. His name is President Obama
Pete:Oh, I didn't know he had chocolate skin, I thought it was whitish.
Me:Nope. That's him. He is the leader of our country. What did he talk about? Can you remember?
Pete:Ahhh, he told me to wash my hands, but I didn't.

And that was that, he ran off to play in that instant. Bored with my line of questioning.

Here's a link to the speech he gave. I know there has been a lot of hype about it, but right now I am middle grounded about it. Maybe I'll feel different after reading it. At least Peter got to see who the president was. We don't exactly have his picture hanging on our wall. I was a little disappointed that his teachers didn't point it out enough for Peter to remember who spoke. But then again, they probably did their best. Seriously what 5 yr old is going to pay any attention to a speech that took 4 pages to print out. I can only assume it took 1/2 hr or more to watch. How did those kids sit still that long listening to a speech of any kind?? Oh well, it's all over now. No big deal in my books.