Veteran's Day Fun!

Ok, so Veteran's day was a couple weeks back, but I enjoyed it immensely this year. When I was in school as a child, it always meant a day off from school, yippee. Now as an adult, I understand that this day is so much more. With all the soldiers serving our country, many in other countries, and with a husband who served in the Army, I have come to respect this day far more. But this year it was special for both reasons, I also got a day off from school! Yippee! And the kids were home, as well as Richard.

Well Annalina spent the day celebrating her daddy. She made her own American flags and colored them, complete with the right amount of stripes and we made him Caramel Corn, and she made up songs about him because she truly wanted to celebrate his military service. She is very grateful that he survived being a solider. Let me explain her sweet thoughts on this subject. Last year in Kindergaren she told the kids in her class that her daddy was in the army. They asked if he was dead, and she said no. Several of them refused to beleive her because if he was really a soldier in the army he would not be alive right now. Could it be a misconception of many kids these days that to serve in the army means to give your life for your counry...ALWAYS? So it would seem. Luckily Richard went to school twice during "transportation" week, sharing both his motorcycle and Rover, so the kids could see that he really was alive!

While discussing Veteran's Day with her friends this year, she brought up her dad's service in the army, and again many kids would not beleive her. So Veteran's Day was a great reason for celebrating this year. It was sweet how Annalina made it such a special day for Richard. And we are all very grateful that he survived his military experience and we love to hear his stories!