Learning about Government

We had a fun day today. Jaymi had a special half-day at school with the Grade ones, doing lots of fun stuff. Then I took her to Tim Horton's for something to eat, then we went downtown, where we went to Undersea Gardens (her favourite place downtown), walked around the Inner Harbour, shared a freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, explored inside the Parliament Buildings and took some pictures.
At the Parliament Buildings, there were these people walking in period costumes, giving talks and tours. We met this guy who talking about when the Americans visited B.C. for the first time.
Since I moved here to B.C. 5 years ago, I had never seen the inside of our Parliament Buildings, and neither had Jaymi.
It has such a sense of importance when you're inside, looking at all of the photos on the wall of parliament members, the room where bills are passed and the ornateness of the architecture.
Jaymi was asking questions like:
"What is that soldier carrying?" (referring to a WWI/WWII statue - the answer was a bayonette)
"Did they stick that in people's eyes?"
"What is the government? Are these all of the people who voted?"
"How does the government (from inside the parliament buildings) know when people do bad things outside?"