Our city has a new library! The old one was tiny and falling apart and, frankly, disgusting. I didn’t really love taking my kids there for Story Time because it was so crowded & brown water was dripping through the ceilings (besides the fact that people would bring their green snotty-nosed, coughing kids to Story Time, even though they were clearly sick). But I do have fond memories of practically tearing that place apart, with kids in tow, to finally find the coveted city Medallion which ended up scoring us some great prizes last summer. So, I guess the old library was alright!
The first thing Chase & Charlotte wanted to do when we visited our new library was play in the manmade water feature out front. It has steps up to it that kids can easily climb, so I think it was okay for them to splash in the water & slide down the edges of the little waterfall. With things like this, I just let the kids go for it & wait for someone to come out & yell at us if it’s not OK.
Charlotte didn’t even mind her bum getting wet as she slid down, that’s how much fun she was having.
Side note: Charlotte doesn’t like to get dressed in the morning. I let her choose what she wants to wear, but lately, she gets mad about her long sleeves or tights having “bumps” in them. On this particular morning she was bawling her eyes out about this red shirt having “bumps” in the sleeves. When she looked down & saw that tears had dripped on the front of her shirt, she started to cry even harder, saying, "Now we need to change my shirt because it has my cries on it!” I didn’t understand what she said so I asked, “What??” and she said pointing to her wet cheeks, “My wittle tears got on my shirt so we need to change it.” I laughed (despite my frustration with her) and reassured her that the tears on her shirt would dry soon, especially if she stopped crying!
Inside the library, we checked out the children’s section where they have cute little shelves & chairs & computers. The kids pored over some literature for a while (actually, they were Batman comic books).
We climbed to the top floor so we could look out at the creek and the city.
I lugged Caroline around in the car seat the whole time so she would stay asleep (shoulda brought the stroller for her)!
Right after this, we had to go pick up Chase’s carpool friend & take them to kindergarten. When we got to the friend’s house, I told Chase I’d go up to the door to get him so Chase wouldn’t have to get out & do it. But Chase responded, “No, that’s OK. You have to carry the baby around all the time, so I can do it.” And with that, he hopped out of the car to go get his friend. WoW! Sometimes Chase can be so considerate & helpful.