Lil’B is a menace at the library. No not because he misbehaves, but because at two-years-old he doesn’t understand that he can’t check out ALL the books. I marvel at this child. On average Lil’B will carefully select at least 10 books to check out. If we try to slyly put one or two back, he will run through the pile and *know* what we’ve done.
Jr. is getting more selective with his books and only will get one or two. He isn’t quite as interested in picking out a whole pile. But a strange thing happens once we get our current selections home. He will grab a stack to read himself and often will find one of our picks that he’d like read to him. Then its on! If you are trying to get anything done he is at your elbow with his big blue eyes and polite “will you read me this story”. Who can resist!
So guess what?
Books left behind = zero.
Books checked out (as a family) = 40.
Knowing you are instilling a rabid love of the written word in your child = priceless.
I finished about half of Crunchy Cons before it had to be relinquished to the library. They wouldn’t let me check it out again since it had been requested. I did enjoy what I did get read and plan to reserve it again to finish it. I was actually a little surprised of how much I found in this book. I expected to find much I did not agree with but instead I think I may be a little more conservative than I thought. Its somewhat hard to explain because I am just as liberal in my political views as I was before I read the book! But then again there was much of the crunchy con idea that overlapped or ran parallel (as the author noted) with liberals-hippies. After I finish the book I will fine tune my thoughts of the books. I can’t say how much I agree with the conservative idea yet because I only managed to get through the introduction and the sections on food, real-estate (home) and of course homeschooling (education). And since I am a farm-raised girl in a non-mcmansion house that’s homeschooling the kids there was a lot in those particular sections that I found appealing!!
And last but not least. I found a new and exciting pattern for hippie-hat #2 AND a lovely skein of rainbow yarn in the stash we got from my Grandma’s house. So hippie-hat #2 is a set to launch tomorrow. I am excited because with this pattern I will learn a new stitch!
And I found a new teapot today at the thrift store! That I can fit my hand into so I can clean the inside. My last pot was to narrow. And its pretty with pink flowers on it and it looks antique! And for just $4 dollars!
Yes I am that easily amused.
January 31st, 2007 at 6:46 pm
But there are so many good books…and to think, he usually “reads” most, if not all, of them.