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Do you have any idea how crazy it is for me to be able to take you to Story Time? I spent over 2 years of my life planning weekly Story Times in this very library. Nine months of that time, you were growing in my belly. 🙂 It’s such a sweet experience getting here, 2 years later – this place where you’re old enough (at least barely) to sit down with me and listen to a story, and actually participate in the song and dance and craft time. I know it’s weird, but it makes me tear up. I’m so grateful that God has given me this opportunity to be a mother, to get to watch you grow up and experience all these things, that I maybe even get to *teach* you a thing or two. It’s the most satisfying job in the world.
And I’m so proud of you for how grown up you are! We’ve been going for about 4 or 5 weeks now. I figured we’d just try it… even though it’s technically designed for pre-schoolers, you do really, really well. And luckily, my replacement at the library, Miss Julie, does a great job planning for a wide age-range making sure there’s lots of opportunities for moving around and participation.
Today I brought my camera and took a few photos so that we can remember what you look like at the beginning of your library days. On this fine day, you first perused a book about newest role model (apparently), Eleanor Roosevelt, while we waited for all the other kids to arrive and then joined in for some hokey pokey, and then listened to Miss Julie read some stories about Leaves.
We finished the event off with an awesome puzzle piece leaf craft. You love sticking things, so I slathered your paper with glue and let you go to town. Beautiful leafy tree, baby. Good job! So fun. 🙂
Kristy Berends - So fun! I take my little guy to storytime at our local library too and he loves it:) We’ve been going since he was 5 months old:) Very cute photos of your little lady!