Lie-berry time!

Do you utilize your local library?  I do, but not often enough.  The kids love books and always have so it's a very comfortable place for them.  Aside from the fact that William is absolutely incapable of whispering and I spend much of the time reminding that sweet child to shut his goldfish-hole, we have a great time there.  I've found that it's helpful if on the way there we discuss what kinds of books we're going to look for.  It often goes like this:

Me:  "What kinds of books do you want to look for today?"
William: "I want to find some books about alligators."
Drew: "Alligators are dumb."
William: "No, they're NOT!"
Drew: "I want to find books about castles."
William:  "Castles aren't real."
Drew: "YES they ARE!"
...and so on and so on.  I'm learning to control a bit more of what we look for, kind of like when you do a themed unit in the classroom.  We find and check out books all about one main topic, something I know they'll both enjoy and learn from while being relevant to whatever is going on.  When I was pregnant with Lauren we checked out books about new babies and there were a few that were for toddlers about a pregnant mommy.  Tomorrow we'll go and check out books about Christmas related things.  I'm hoping to find books about not only the holiday but also about how the trees are grown and harvested, reindeer, and maybe a kiddie cookbook with Christmas recipes in it.  

The whole purpose of this post is twofold.  First, take your kids to the library if you don't already.  Don't assume they are too young.  They aren't.  And secondly, this website is AWESOME at sharing ideas and making you feel inadequate in the creative-mom department.   Check it out:  www.notimeforflashcards.com 

My all-time favorite Christmas book

Happy reading.