I met a real life superhero!
Hi everyone! Ok, it’s been like forever since I caught up with you all, and there’s been a lot of stuff going on! Like, for example…back in mid-May I got to meet: Jiminy Carter! My mom told me he used to be the President of the United States, which is kinda like being the principal of the country, like Ms. Raitano is the principal of my school. But she said now even though he isn’t the President anymore, he still does really amazing stuff like building homes for people who need somewhere to live, and telling people who can’t get along to stop fighting and use their words. She said he doesn’t wear a cape, but usually a sweater or a jacket with a tie. Anyway…I guess he also like to write a lot of books, and he just wrote one about his mom called “A Remarkable Mother” (maybe it was for Mother’s Day, like we made handprints and cards for our moms at school this year!), and he was going to be writing his name inside them for people who came to meet him at a bookstore in San Francisco. So, Mommy, me and Sutter joined Cappy, Pammy, Katil and Tully in SF and went to wait in line at the bookstore to meet Jiminy Carter! The line was really long, and we had to wait a really really long time. Cappy was very nice and bought me chicken nuggets and a shake and a cookie (Mommy said that a healthy meal was off the table that night, which makes sense I guess because we weren’t sitting at a table, but waiting on the sidewalk!). Then he went for little walks with me to keep me from getting too antsy in the line. I was a good kid and very patient, but Sutter got kinda squirmy so we strapped him into his stroller and the grownups all took turns pushing him around the block. Finally (Mommy said it was 1 hour later but it sure felt longer!) we got to start walking in so we could meet President Carter! Pammy and Cappy had already gotten to meet him the week before, when they were in Georgia on vacation, so they waited with Sutter outside while me and my mom and my aunts went into the bookstore. Once we were inside, we still had to wait but at least it was warmer. It was mostly grownups, so I saw a lot of legs, and then after we got our book we came out into an open area and there were these two men in dark suits with these funny flashlight/wand thingies, called the Secret Circus (although I didn’t see any acrobats or clowns!) and they waved the thingies at us and they beeped and booped and squeaked and then we got to get in line again. As we wound around the line, I saw a man sitting at the desk in the front and I asked my mom if it was Jiminy Carter and she said yes and I told her “he has a big smile!”. When we finally got to the desk, the President was really nice and he looked at us and asked my name and how old I was! My mom must have been hecka excited because she did that thing where her voice speeds up extra fast and gets all high pitched and she blurted out “This is Decker and he’s 4 years old and I just wanted him to meet a real life superhero!!”. Jiminy Carter said “Thank you” and “He’s a big one!”, and smiled at me and he was sooo nice! As we walked away my mom called out “Thank you for everything you do!!!” and then we met up with my aunts, and then we all went outside and all the grownups jumped up and down! (I guess maybe they were cold or something…SF does get chilly at night!).
So…there you go! I met a real life superhero! I didn’t see him fly or pick up anything heavy or freeze thingsh with his hands, but he had a super nice smile and was super friendly and I think it’s supercool that he tells people not to fight…he was almost as cool as Superwhy! (My absolute favorite superhero). Yay for superheroes!