Library Time

While visiting California for Christmas (and then all of January, into February), we had the chance to go to story time every week at the library down the street from my parents house.  Bailey absolutely LOVED all the songs and chants they did and Mommy loved the fact that Bailey-girl had a chance to interact with other kids her age.  Before we even left LAX, I knew our weekly library time would be something I would miss.

Now that we're settled back in here in Paraguay, we are back to a weekly library routine of our own.  There's not a public library (that I know of, anyway, and I've asked around), but the library at Brandon's school has been gracious enough to open its doors to us.  Every Friday now for the past three weeks, we've been making a morning out of going to Daddy's school, returning our books, and getting new books for the week ahead.

Children's section of the library

Every week we've had a different theme; first cows, then the jungle, and now cats (random, I know).  While I'm busy scouring the shelves for books that fit the theme, Bailey bounces from bin to bin, pulling books, looking at a few pages, and replacing the books.  She's not perfectly consistent about returning one before getting out another, but she has caught on that the books belong in certain spots.

Pulling out a handful of books before Mom could
stop her

When she forgets where she got one of them, we look at the spine of the book together and talk about the first letter of the author's last name.  Then she scurries off to find the matching letter.  It's a fun "game" that warms my little teacher heart - especially when she guesses right on the first try! :)

Checking out books with Daddy

Who knows what form our library time will take once #2 arrives in a few weeks; after all, I'm not planning on boarding the bus solo with TWO young'ns in tow and it is a decently far walk. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, we'll just enjoy our time discovering BOOKS!!

Doing some independent reading :)