Story Time With Rose

It's hard to handle two toddlers out of the home, especially when one of them is two years old.  With Dale still out of town, Rose and I were able to go to the library for the special once a month zoo story time.

Story time was a bust really.  The zoo volunteers couldn't seem to follow the story well, and Rose wasn't interested in the cockroach they brought with them.  But Rose greatly enjoyed reading and playing in the children's library.  She brought me book after book to read to her, she played in the playroom, and she smiled sweetly at everyone.  But, I knew it was time to go home when she started using the books to play her favorite imaginary game:  Mommy and baby.

Saturday Storytime

During the month of May, the Manhattan Public Library only has storytimes on Saturdays, and they take place on the front lawn...in that hot Kansas sun.  Phew!  When I found out the theme for the first storytime was "Construction Site," I knew we were going, heat or not.

Dale tried to be a good sport, and he stayed on his little carpet square for as long as he could before surrendering to Daddy's lap for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The guest reader for the day was City Commissioner, Rich Jankovich.



Quite frankly, it was too hot to just bake in the sun, but once storytime was over, the real fun began.  Why?  Because Dale found a wall to climb over and over again.

Then the real smiles came out.  I suppose if we take our kids to Saturday storytime again, we'd better make sure they have their climbing shoes on.