On Friday (10/30), we went to the Ice Creamery with a bunch of random people for no apparent reason. Well, my brother had his "free sundae during your birthday month" coupon. M actually ordered from the kid's menu this week and ate what she ordered, plus some of my sandwich and salad. She usually never eats stuff from the kid's menu.
Our library finally had it's Grand Opening on Halloween!! In the morning they had The Great Book Pass. Volunteers lined up the street from the old building to the new one to pass the new books. There were sooo many new books and DVDs. The children's area is 1/3 of the whole library. Lots of new computers to use, wi-fi, a teen room, a homework center, meeting rooms, a big conference room. It's still not as big as the one in San Leandro which is 2 stories, and definitely not as big as the one in San Francisco, but our "city" is not that big and the people here have been waiting for a new library for 20 years! The library is less than 20 minute walk away from our house. Oh, there's also an outdoor amphitheatre and a bridge.
This art is called the Tree of Knowledge by Eric Powell. And there's a book return out front. You put the book on the conveyor belt and it reads the barcode inside. I think the books get sorted somehow in the machine.
Oh the way home we saw a caterpillar.
M wearing her necklace she got with her Kai Lan doll.
Big and Little Sister shirts from our friends who 2 kids are both 2 months younger than our 2 kids.
M playing on my brother's drums.
My dad does random things. He came over with wood one day and said he wanted to add an extra shelf to the "shoe" shelf we have. M wanted to help so she went out to get her Handy Manny tools. Manny was supervising, as you can see.
We gave E her first taste of "solid" food. You can see from her reaction what she thought of the rice cereal. We gave her some sweet potato a few days later and she liked that a lot more, but she'll still taste the spoon first before opening her mouth to check which one it is.
Back at the library (now that the parking lot is opened) on Thursday.
Comments (5)
i envy you! your library is soooooo cool!!!!!!!!!! with a theatre!!! and a teenager's room....and a homework center! URG!
Cool library! So great you're getting your kids to love books at a young age! Good job mommy!
What a cool library. Our library is rather small but they have great programs and is just big enough for our neck of the woods.
Can't fix anything without Handy Manny. That's cute. Your dad sounds like my dad. My dad was visiting one day and noticed our shoe shelf was not very stable. So he fixed it with a hanger and some nails.
The library sounds awesome! Ours is tiny - it has a fairly good selection of children's books, but that's about it. Oh, and little secluded reading areas where you can read to your child. They don't do story time though - how sad is that? I may have to initiate something there...
@Viola_F@xanga - the other one where we go for storytime is twice as big, and i'm sure the san francisco one is even huger!! it's nice.
@tinakimchan@xanga - i'm such the bookworm, and am so glad the kids love reading. when i give M a few more mins to play, she always goes to read. i'm like, 'don't you want to play?' haha nerd.
@jiNNie_g@xanga - isn't it great to have a dad like that? my dad came over today with a door stopper thing and put it on our front door so the knob doesn't hit the wall anymore. hehe
@NotUeberMommy - most libraries i've seen only have preschool storytime but nothing specifically for toddlers or infants, except for the one that we go to for storytime. this new one only has preschool storytime. i thought many times about starting one up myself there. maybe when the kids are a little older and i can get places on time.