I took the kids to our local library for the preschool summer reading program that started this morning. I really liked (Melissa) who was the librarian when we first started going, but I wasn't impressed with the one who had been there for about 18 months. The new one has been in the job for about two months, but this is the first time we met her. From October through March I took the kids to the preschool story time at the library near where they go for gymnastics. I was really impressed with the new librarian today. Just like Melissa she included music and other things to keep the children actively engaged. The program lasted about one hour and included a craft with paint at the end. Nadia did an excellent job of listening attentively to the stories and participating in the music, games, and craft. Ian participated and listened during portions of the time and played quietly with some toys at other times. Nadia hasn't listenened to a book on CD for about 6 weeks, but I checked out CD's of books three and four of the Chronicles of Narnia series for her.
Hopefully she'll listen to those during her "quiet time" over the next couple of weeks. We finished the second Pippi Longstocking book today so I checked out the first Boxcar Children book to read aloud to the kids. Oliver's goofed up nap schedule has greatly reduced the amount of time I read chapter books to the kids each week. I miss it. I definitely plan to take the kids to the library every Wednesday morning at 11:00am this summer, and if we don't move, I will probably continue to take them to this library in the fall because if we don't move I'm planning to take them to gymnastics in the evening rather than the mornings so that Nadia can be in a more advanced classs.
I had planned to take the kids to the playground this afternoon, but they talked me into taking them to the pool instead. When we lived in Texas my mom had a rule that it had to be at least 90 degrees for us to go swimming. She had that same rule when we moved to Maryland, but then she realized we wouldn't be going to the pool very often and changed the minimum to 80 degrees. It was less than 80 today, but we went swimming. The boys and I stayed in the baby pool, but Nadia spent some time in the big pool. We are loving this swimming pool!
I took the kids to our local library for the preschool summer reading program that started this morning. I really liked (Melissa) who was the librarian when we first started going, but I wasn't impressed with the one who had been there for about 18 months. The new one has been in the job for about two months, but this is the first time we met her. From October through March I took the kids to the preschool story time at the library near where they go for gymnastics. I was really impressed with the new librarian today. Just like Melissa she included music and other things to keep the children actively engaged. The program lasted about one hour and included a craft with paint at the end. Nadia did an excellent job of listening attentively to the stories and participating in the music, games, and craft. Ian participated and listened during portions of the time and played quietly with some toys at other times. Nadia hasn't listenened to a book on CD for about 6 weeks, but I checked out CD's of books three and four of the Chronicles of Narnia series for her. 
Hopefully she'll listen to those during her "quiet time" over the next couple of weeks. We finished the second Pippi Longstocking book today so I checked out the first Boxcar Children book to read aloud to the kids. Oliver's goofed up nap schedule has greatly reduced the amount of time I read chapter books to the kids each week. I miss it. I definitely plan to take the kids to the library every Wednesday morning at 11:00am this summer, and if we don't move, I will probably continue to take them to this library in the fall because if we don't move I'm planning to take them to gymnastics in the evening rather than the mornings so that Nadia can be in a more advanced classs.
I had planned to take the kids to the playground this afternoon, but they talked me into taking them to the pool instead. When we lived in Texas my mom had a rule that it had to be at least 90 degrees for us to go swimming. She had that same rule when we moved to Maryland, but then she realized we wouldn't be going to the pool very often and changed the minimum to 80 degrees. It was less than 80 today, but we went swimming. The boys and I stayed in the baby pool, but Nadia spent some time in the big pool. We are loving this swimming pool!
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