Mommy Goes to the State House

Mommy was nominated to serve on the Designer Selection Board for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Part of the process was to go through a background check (boring), fill out paperwork to become a "special State Employee" with badge privileges (mildly interesting) and then be sworn in to office.

Yowza!

Sworn in? At the State House? Whoowee!

Daddy didn't want to miss this, so he and a "real" digital camera made the trip with Mommy to 24 Beacon St, Boston.  It was a slightly gray day, but that didn't dampen our mood.

Here's the State House:

If you look toward the light at the top of the gate, you can see a balcony behind the portico.  No, not the roof line, silly.  The big colonnade, like where a President might stand to deliver an address.  That's where I was sworn in!

View from the balcony of the Boston Common

Here's me (and my photographer) getting ready to be sworn in:

And then I swore (just a little bit):

Then it was official!

After that, Mr. Palleschi quickly showed us an interesting spot in the State House:

Mr. Palleschi's grandfather served here, in this room, as a State Representative in the 1930's.

Daddy and I took a little tour of the remaining public spaces. One day in the not-too-distant future we'll bring the kids so they can learn about Massachusetts history and their Mommy's teeny-tiny role in it.

Us the Hall of Flags

Near the Grand Stairs

In the Hall of Flags

What an exciting day!  Now the work begins!