If we can just remember

On November 11th we went over to the town's memorial site to celebrate Remembrance Day.  I tried really hard with the older girls to teach them what it means to remember and what it is that we are supposed to remember.    The girls were really well behaved and sat quietly and stood at the fence as the program began and it was nice that we could teach the littles how important it is to remember.  We spent the first couple of weeks learning a song  called I've got Peace in my fingers.  We were trying to learn it to sing so we could send a video out to family members because this was the first Remembrance Day we would celebrate without Grandpa Bear here.  However, when it came down to record we weren't being very peaceful and had some littles argue EVERY single time about who needed to be in the spotlight.  However, the words of the song are really nice.

I've got peace peace peace in my fingers watch what I can do
I've got peace peace peace in my fingers I'm going to shake hands with you.

I've got words words words in my head what what I can do
I've got words words words in my head I'm gonna talk things over with you

I've got love love love in my heart watch what I can do
I've got love love love in my heart I'm going to give some to you.

I've got peace peace peace in my fingers
words words words in my head
love love love in my heart.  I'm going to share some with you.

We spent the rest of the day together as a family and it was a quiet but nice wrap up to just how wonderful it is to have a land where we truly do have freedom and peace.