I have recently come to realize
something about myself: I am a library snob. I'm not sure when it
started exactly, but it seems like it has been going on most of my
adult life. It is what it is. I guess I just have particular tastes
and certain expectations from libraries. ;)
With that being said, I am always
excited to check out new libraries! It's fun for me, especially with
the kids. I love exploring the children's section as much as they do!
Is that weird?
We recently visited a library for the
first time in one of our adjacent counties. It takes about 30 minutes
to get there, which isn't too big of a deal for us. Have I mentioned
we kind of live in the sticks? We only live about 6 miles outside of
our town, but it only has a
population of a little over 2,000, so you get an idea of what and how
many businesses, restaurants, etc. there are close by. But, I'm
getting off topic...
The
Party
To
make a longer story short: I happened to see that there was an Easter
party scheduled that morning for the library in Linton, we hurried
and got dressed and ate, aaaand were still late because 1) I have
terrible time management skills, but mostly 2) My GPS took us to the
wrong place! (Funny, but not funny story, we went in the municipal
building my GPS took us to and asked for directions. We were only a
block away on the other side of the main road. -_-)
We
were almost half an hour late by that point, so I didn't feel like
intruding on the party and having everyone stare. Lol It worked out,
though, because the Easter bunny was there, so Myka and Ripley got to
hang out with him some at their own pace. Then the preschool program
that was having the party came out of the meeting room to hunt for
eggs in the children's section and one of the ladies was nice and
invited us to join them and even gave the kids some plastic bags to
collect their eggs in.
After
that was over, everyone started milling back into the meeting room
and Myka wanted to go, of course, because there were lots of kids. I
asked one of the librarians if it was ok, did we need to sign up?, we
meant to come for the party, but were super late, blah blah blah, and
she was very nice about it. All the kids were opening their eggs, so
Myka munched on some Fruit Loops in hers and there were prize
vouchers and coupons in some as well! I don't know who puts this
group or that party together, but they were very generous with the
prizes, I thought. There was sidewalk chalk, bubbles, books, all
kinds of stuff to choose from. Much to my surprise, Myka chose a
book. Proud mom moment. Ha ha (Like we don't have 500 things of
bubbles and chalk already!)
This
ended up being a REALLY long post, so come back next Thursday for part 2!
Wow, that was really generous, sounds like a great party x
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