There has been a lot of news lately about the OWS people (Occupy Wall Street- for those of you out of the "know"). I won't comment whether I agree or disagree with the movement-okay, I will.
I feel very diplomatic about it. I agree with some. Not all. I agree to the right to protest. As long as it's not my children doing the protesting against me. I'm slightly jealous in the fact that I wish I could take a drum set down to the street and hang out singing and drumming. However, when I think about how people are probably starting to smell, I decide it doesn't seem so fun. And I would be the only conservative there saying "yeah, you have some valid reasons for being here-but I'm here for the drums."
However, it has got me thinking about the act of protesting and what would be appropriate to protest in the eyes of a child. My children - to be exact.
So if my kids were professional protesters-these are what they would deem "protestable". They have already tested the waters on these. All they need are drums and signs.
I call it "Occupy Ross House".
Things that are worthy of a protest:
1) Getting out of the tub before "prune skin" has set in
2) Any vegetable
3) Turning off 'Little Einsteins' before it's over
4) Putting away toys
5) Throwing trash away
6) Going to bed at a decent hour
7) Not getting a bedtime story
8) Where's my juice?
9) Eating squash with mixed cereal-again
10) Being denied more Halloween candy
Things I wish I could protest about:
1) Not being able to finish a hot cup of coffee
2) Little hands pounding on the bathroom door when I'm trying to pee
3) Eating lunch standing up so the baby doesn't grab it
4) Being woken up in the middle of the night
5) Being "snobbered" (see previous blogs) on
6) Whining
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