Emori is very interested in President O'rock Obama, as she calls him. I think she's so intrigued with him because she relates being a President to a being king (and our girls are REALLY into the whole Princess/royalty thing). I watch the news too much, and she always asks questions about what he's doing.
Here's a little more background to the subject of this blog entry: This year on Martin Luther King,Jr's holiday, we read a children's book about Dr. King's life...and Emori remembers EVERYTHING.
Ok, so we were at a local restaurant with another family. This is a conversation I overheard between Emori and her friend, Colleen, as they were looking at a poster for Black History month with pictures of famous African Americans on it. (Strangely, Obama didn't make the poster). And this is really what was said:)
Colleen (pointing to the face of Dr. King on the poster): That's Barack Obama
Emori: No its not. It doesn't even look like O'rock Obama.
That's a really nice man who was shot by some bad people. Mom, who's his name again.
(I say "Dr. King")
Emori: Yeah, Dr. King was trying to help people and some really bad people shot him and he died.
Colleeen: No, he did not die.
Emori: Yes, he did die. They shot him and he died.
Colleen: No, my teacher said he didn't die.
Emori: Well, your teacher is wrong! Some really bad people shot him and he died.
(To Colleen's credit, she had MLK confused with Nelson Mandela who she learned about in school:)
Glad to know Emori is confident in what she knows.
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