Library Adventure

Both of my kids adore the library. In fact Isaac broke a rule and his punishment was no new library books this trip which was highly effective and easy to follow through on. Riley was running around the house screaming "Books!!" all morning because I told her where were headed that morning.

When we arrived there were yellow signs everywhere that said "Sorry our network is down." That was disturbing and vague. There was no way I was loading my toddler and my wheelchair back up and going home empty handed. So, I let Riley drop the books in the return and figured we'd browse slowly and color to kill time. I wasn't sure if the network issue would be cleared up or not, but clearly they'd find a way to check out books.

We were on mission for Llama, Llama books, but I couldn't remember who wrote them. Neither could the librarian who had no card catalog. She called another library and waited on hold for the info. I was grateful that she did. It turned out they did have one we hadn't read "Llama, Llama Holiday Drama". Yay!

After selecting some books we decided to color a fairy picture. Riley was naming each color as she pulled it from the basket: "red!"..."blue"..."pink!!"..."brown"..."yellow", etc. She got them all right which wasn't a surprise to me, but the moms on either side of us where impressed. One of them asked if Riley was 2 or 3. When I told her she would be 2 in about a month she was stunned. "She knows all her colors?" I proudly replied "oh, she sure does" and was tempted to add her shapes, animals and body parts too. Pat myself right on the back.

Sometimes you forget not all kids are like your own for better or worse. That was a nice reminder. After that we went to "Craft Corner" which we'd never done before. Riley colored a "pin-sess" and Mommy glued her to a paper bag to make a puppet. After that Riley colored a "pie-ral" (spiral) which we attached ribbon to and she bounced like a spring.

During crafting (isn't that always the way?) she had to potty. I'd never been in the girls room in the kids section because it isn't accessible. This time I left my wheelchair parked outside and rushed in with her. Everything was low to the ground and the toilet had a normal person seat and a 2nd Riley sized seat. Such a great idea! She could even reach the sink without a stool. It was very exciting.

We checked out and went home for nap. When we arrived Riley's Megablocks from Pampers had arrived. We let her open the box. She was thrilled. "All mine?" she kept asking. It was like a mini Christmas.