Finger Games

Somehow I forgot to mention this earlier.....

One of the things that Lil' did while waiting to vote was to to tell me things about Oosje's house. She told me that she likes Oosje's sink. This did not surprise me but I was shocked when she started naming her fingers. She wanted to know which one was domolot and which one was likiput. I was without an answer. I need a refresher course. What are the names of our fingers?

A First

This morning started with a Mama and Lil' girls adventure to the elections office. Mama was shocked when we got to the polling site and saw a line more than a block long. Mama and Lil' took our place in line. The line moved a few steps at a time in a consistent manner. Lil' made friends with the men standing behind us in line. For the next hour she entertained herself and many others with her singing, dancing and requests to go inside now. She had been promised a sticker after she voted and she was not leaving without it. She was even interviewed by a local news team who heard her say that Broccoli Obama is running for President. As we got closer to the building we also got closer to the hot dog stand. It smelled yummy. They also had hot cocoa which Mama decided would be a good reward for Lil's patience and good spirits as we stood waiting in the cloudy, chilly autumn air. The hot cocoa wasn't ready at our first try but about 10 minutes later the nice man from the hot dog stand delivered Lil' her cocoa which kept her happy through the rest of the wait. She participated in voting by carrying Mama's sealed vote to the ballot box, putting it in and getting her I voted sticker.