they were a part of history!

we took a lot of pleasure in having the kids stand along our sides as we cast our ballots on November 4th. let me retract that - kiran ran around ALL over the place in her avril lavine-esque garb, but she enjoyed herself and that's what matters. Wait, that's sorta false too, I think she said something at the end to the effect of "that was boring". She was just put out that we had to leave the park, though.

All things considered, it was a very exciting and significant night for the clevelands and for amERICA! Here are the smiles on our ugly mugs after ballots were cast: