Is he your son

I had to take Christopher into school this morning as we left his book bag as at school yesterday. While we were walking down the hall a cute little black girl starts walking with us. She asks if I am Christopher's daddy. I say yes. The little girl then says but he looks white and you are black. I then ask the little girl if everyone in her family are the same color. She tells me yes. So I try to explain to the little girl that my mom is lighter than me(light skinned black) and my dad is darker than me(dark skinned black). I don't think she understood but it was funny to me.
We had our first parent teacher conference last night. We were a little nervous going into it but it all worked out. The teacher seemed pretty happy with his progress. He is on track to complete all the targets the school has set for kindergartners. It was a little awkward when he drew a picture and wrote that his family likes to play wii.

Still Not handy

I will be the first to tell you that I am not the most handy person in the world. As a matter of fact I prefer not to mess with most things around the house. For some odd reason My wife and I decided to to install shelves in the laundry room. we ordered a new washer and dryer and wanted to get more storage. So we spent all day one Sunday taking down the shelf that was in there and planning how we wanted the new shelves to look. After we figured out what we wanted we went to work. I must say I really like the finished product. I put the shelves up and my wife filled holes and painted. We might even try to put a few more up. I still don't mess with electricity. Thats another story for another day.

How Far We Have Come....

I am not sure how I feel this morning. It would seem that having a black president would make every black person in the country extremely happy. I am not sure I am there just yet. I do understand the importance of what happened. There are many black people in this country that never thought this would ever happen. Or better yet that they would live to see a black man elected to the highest office in this country.

As far as this country has come it still has a long way to go. Here are a few comments from foxnews.com as to why Obama won. http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/04/youdecide_11043/comment-page-57/#comments

"He won because black people finally got off their lazy a$$es and voted!
They’ll be the ones getting the handouts so they didn’t want to miss their opportunity!"

"1)black people believe that he will pay their bill .Spread the wealth around . Remember!!! (92% black people vote for him)
2) Young people just want to be a part of history."

"I am just glad that I am not one of his “Secret Service Agents”. Don’t forget to duck!!!"

"Very simple. minorities voted for him. The attitude that “I’m entitled” and Obama will get government to provide those entitlements is the big issue here."

"It was very racial. The Black community voted for him because he is Black, I witnessed it at the voting areas. People wouldn’t be there long enough to even read the the whole ballot sheet, it was
amazing. I also found the people there quite rude.
Also all these people making under 250,000. think they are going to be getting all this money, and the dead beats are especially looking for the handout, they don’t desire to live the American dream of working hard, getting ahead and being proud of what you’ve done with your life and contributions to society. They want it all for doing nothing in return. Obama makes this possible for them."

I am not looking for a hand out. None of my black friends are looking for hand outs. But this is what a portion of white America thinks of me and people who look like me. Once again I am not sure how to handle this. No matter how hard I work and no matter what I achieve there will be people in this country who can only see the color of my skin.

Have we come a long way yes. Do we have a long way to go yes we do. I guess we can say this is a step in the right direction.

Batman Legos

Ok I must admit......I am hooked. I am by no means a serious gamer. I usually play sports games Madden and NCAA football being my favorite. After trick or treating my son played at a neighbor's house. He came home and all he could talk about was Batman Legos. So while my wife was at the spa on Saturday we went out and got Batman Legos for PSP. We have not stop playing since. At this point I think we will own the entire series which includes Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

The game play is very simple and fun. Which is why a five year old and his 33 year parents enjoy playing. You start out playing with Batman and Robin. As you clear levels you gain access to more characters you can play with. Batman and Robin have different suits that give them special powers. The games includes the major characters from the comic such as The Riddler, The Joker, Mr. Freeze, and The Penguin. Along with simple and fun game play the story clips are funny.

I look forward to playing the other lego installments.

Election Day

Today the family went and voted. With all the talks of long lines it was a pretty smooth process. We went right in and placed out votes. They even had a a little area for the kids to vote. So Christopher cast his vote also. Often times I try not to look to the past but in this case it is hard not to. Not so long ago many people where not allowed to vote. I know some times I take the privilege of voting for granted. Many people made sacrifices so that I would have the right to vote. We have come a long way.