Today's post is going to be about 4-5 hours ago and how sometimes an unplanned adventure can be a delight. Holly, Max and Leo came to pick me up at work as per usual, at around 5:30. On the way home, Max mentioned that he wanted to go to the library. Apparently he'd been saying this ever since leaving daycare. Leo started crying and Max proceeded to kick his shoes off and we were THAT close to turning the wheel and heading for home. But, Holly figured she could feed Leo once we got there...at least long enough for Max to get a couple of books in.
Once we arrived at the library, things went as expected until one of our children (nameless: let's protect the guilty, shall we?) forced me to hop back in the van and bust it home for a diaper. Luckily the library is a mere two minutes away from home. I got back, the switcheroo was done and then the children's librarian announced something about a storytime. Hmm. Max seemed game and Leo was fairly relaxed so we thought we'd check it out. Apparently, the library has storytime for youngsters during the day and an all ages affair on Thursday and Saturday nights. The librarian read two books, sang some songs, put the little ones through some stretches and tickles...oh, and the night ended with a movie. A movie!! Something about not letting a pigeon drive a bus. Then kids could choose from a bunch of themed books (would you believe it was trucks and buses tonight?) on their way out.
The one big highlight came when the librarian was reading a book where there was a vehicle on one page and four animals on the other, each one dressed a different way. From the clothing, the reader was supposed to be able to guess which animal should be driving the vehicle. When the librarian got to the tractor, she asked which animal drove the tractor. All of the kids (3-5 ish in age?) shouted "the pig!" except Max who went with "Grandpa! Grandpa!". Awesome.
All in all, it was a wonderful way to spend some family time together, particularly on Leo's 5th-month-birthday. I can't believe 5 months have gone by so quickly!! It seemed for so long that he was just a lump and then all of a sudden (BANG) he's smiling, then (THWACK) he's cooing, then (BOFF) he's rolling over and (SCHLACK) now he's grabbing things and moving them to his mouth. Before we know it, he's going to be eating pablum and bananas. It seemed like it took so long for Max to reach that point, but for Leo it's gone by so quickly. It looks like we're going to have to be extra observant over the coming months to not let any special moments slip by 'cause they're going fast! Leo, we love you with all our hearts (yes, your big brother too) and we're very excited to share this next month with you - it's going to be a doozy!
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