Library Day

Since Logann attends afternoon kindergarten now that we live in Oklahoma City, I am striving to set a schedule of playtime, activities, learning, and free time to help regulate our days. Our local library has a story time every Tuesday and a craft day every other Thursday. So, once I heard about these, I quickly added them to our routine!! This past Thursday, we attended craft day, and the girls really loved it. We weren't sure if it was going to be big kids making elaborate paper mache' or painting masterpieces, and since we all know Merritt would delightfully assist in someone else's projects, we hesitantly drove to the library to attempt to get our craft on!

Once we arrived we saw there were stations set up and activities for all ages. The girls went to each station at their own choosing and spent as much time there as they thought necessary. Both girls created a bean shaker that they decorated with stickers.

Merritt enjoyed the color station where she got to place objects into the correctly colored crayon container. She actually followed the rules and matched up her colors.

Both girls enjoyed the rice buckets. Logann dug for treasures and was thrilled when she found a flower and a sea shell. Merritt played there for the longest time just pouring the rice into another cup and all over her legs.

By the end of the morning, they had done macaroni art, yarn art, played with rice, matched colored objects, and made a bean shaker. Whew! But, we weren't finished yet! When we completed all of the centers, Logann registered for a library card and checked out her first 2 books. She got "Julius, Baby of the World" on CD so she could listen to it in her room and some other weird book about an old hag. The librarians created her library card and made her a certificate to commemorate her first official check out!!

Now if we can just remember to return our books on time! I must build that into the routine!