What Building has the most Stories??

The Library!!! (get it?)

Friday we began our 'celebration' of V-Day. I was sitting down for story time with Jude and came across a book he had gotten for Christmas. It's a series of Peanut's stories with different holiday themes - one of which is Valentine's day. It was a longer story than Jude is accustomed to, so I let him crawl around the room while I read aloud. He could care less. (but I'm still convinced it's doing him some good...)

Then, Saturday, we had some errands to run - one of which was the post office right outside the Newark Library. I decided to swing in and check the place out. I honestly hadn't been since they remodeled a couple of years ago and kept telling myself I would take Jude. Honestly, it's a great place for these cold, yucky days we've been having.

I'm pretty sure this was Jude's second trip to the library. I think Ryan had taken him once while I was at work - but more for the adult section, not the children's reading area. We got there at a perfect time, because their children's bilingual story-time was just beginning. The theme: Valentine's day!

I had taken Jude to story time a few times at Potterybarn Kids before they closed and he was always well behaved, so we decided to sit in for this. It was very sweet. A group of teenagers ran it. They would read a few lines from a story and then read it again in Spanish.

Afterwards, they sang a song and passed out supplies to make a special someone a Valentine. We (Jude and I) made one from Jude to Ryan. I did most of the work and Jude nearly threw a fit because I wouldn't let him eat the crayons. But I'm sure it's pretty special.

Afterwards we wandered around the children's section. I really need to go one day and just absorb the whole area. There were sooo many books, I didn't even know where to begin! I was looking for some classic books, but a lot of them looked pretty lame, I think browsing through I'll eventually start to filter out the bulk. In addition, they had a couple of small toys in the middle for kids to play with and a kind of half-circle sitting area. I let Jude crawl around while I browsed the books near by. There happened to be a couple of other kids there (much older than Jude) who he just laughed at and admired from afar. I ended up picking up a few that I thought Ryan might like to read to him.

I hope to make more frequent trips in the near future!

Later that night, Ryan and I had a much needed night out together. It had been awhile since we really had some adult time, so dinner and a movie was just what we needed. Ryan took me to see "Valentine's Day", which I'm pretty sure he hated.