lovin' the library

the other day after picking up the girls (olivia, abby, and kingsley) from school, sarah suggested that we take the girls to the library. it is air-conditioned, a good place to visit, and not home!!! olivia is always a little cranky after a long day at school, so i gladly agreed.
i am going to insert a short confession here-- i have been a first grade teacher, reading specialist, and have only taken my 2.5 year old daughter to the library 4 times, this one makes 5! she begs to go every time we drive past it, but i can't seem to find the time. so sad i know. please don't judge me. we read at home all the time, i promise!
ok, on with the rest of the story... so we arrived at the library. i reminded olivia before we went in that she needed to use her library voice. you might be thinking, stephanie you don't take her often enough for her to know what a "library voice" is, but she loves the library so much that she knew this meant a whisper voice. as soon as we walked in the door she ran over to the kids section with her cousin abby, and in a very LOUD voice expressed her excitement at the site of the books, pillows, cool window, and little chairs. immediately she started grabbing books off the shelf and asking me to read them. she was so "lovin the library" and i was feeling so guilty that i had been denying my sweet little girl this experience on a more regular basis. she did calm down after a few minutes. she and abby found a good book (i think it was about princesses) and read to each other. so sweet!

of course the highlight of every trip to the library is checking out new books to take home. olivia was so excited about her selections and carried them proudly to Rah-rah (aka sarah) so she could could take them home and show daddy. thanks sarah for letting us check out books on your card since we were at the dallas library. this was a great day. we have been reading these 2 books every day for a week, SO i will be returning the books soon AND planning our next trip to the library!