The Library!

We took an outing to our local library last week and had so much fun! I went to the library all the time as a kid and used to work in the library through high school and collage. It's something I want to pass on the the kids and try to take advantage of all the public library has to offer.

I've taken the kids one other time about 6mo ago, our local branched had just reopened, for story time and it was a nightmare to say the least. Timo pulled almost every book off the shelf, I "lost" Cameron in the crowd of little kids and had a complete panic attack even though she was actually only a foot or so away from me, and Cameron kept trying to steal the storyteller's puppets while she read. Ugh, we left vowing never to return until they were at least 10 years old.

So, fast forward 6month and I thought we were ready for another go. When you first don't succeed, try, try again. What a difference 6 months makes! The kids have been doing really well as far as listening and following simple instructions such as "don't touch", "do you want to sit down", "come over this way", etc... And yes, there was moments of pulling a few random books off the shelves and running between the isles b/c they liked the sound the floor makes, but all in all it was a great experience.

We got there just a little before they opened so the kids could play on the new playground they just built. Of course Cameron preferred to climb up the slide...

Once inside the kid played in the kiddie corner for a while or on the puzzle table...that's where Timo spent much of his time.

Cameron was having a book overload. She kept taking books off the shelf, sitting and looking at them, jump up, get another book, sit and read, and repeat it over and over. I'm not sure if you can tell but the book in the second picture is in Chinese...guess pictures are a universal language!

Timo carefully picking out his books for Mommy to check out for him...we got a book on trucks (surprise, surprise)...

Once we picked out our books and a few DVDs on fish (Cameron's new fav animal)then it was outside for a snack and another run down the slide. We had a great morning and the best part was I didn't take the stroller! Yes, the kids walked from the car to the library and back to the car!!! What a vacation it felt like not having to lug the big stroller in and out. I can see many many more days of library fun in our future. Good job Cameron and Timothy, you are growing up so fast!