Who Knew
So..... I've discovered a new find! :) I went to the library a few weeks ago.... and you'll never guess what they had?! BOOKS!!! They had BOOKS! Of course they have books for adults (I've been reading some Nora Roberts mystery/romance novels lately!).... but did you know they have books for kids? Of course they have books with paper pages that Kayla could/would tear through in 5 minutes (um, thank you Continental for providing the four SkyMall magazines my daughter destroyed on our flight to/from MA). But did you know they have books for babies?!?! They do! Nice, hard, cardboard books. Well, if you knew this you are more clever than I am. I was pleasantly surprised (read: shocked) to find this out. I have a policy in our house that "we don't eat books". In theory, these board books are hard to destroy. But give Kayla a little time with them, and the corners are wet and pieces are being eaten. So, I don't leave books on the floor for her to play with. We read lots of books during the day. We read them before every nap, before bed, and a variety of other times. But I don't get them out and leave them around because I want them to stay intact. SOOOO... when I discovered these books at the library, books that have already been loved (read:eaten) by other children.... well, I fell in love. Now every time I go to get a new book for me, we exchange and get several new books for her... and then we leave them on the floor in the living room. And she LOVES them. She brings them to me to read all of the time! Like, ALL the time. Makes me feel really bad about my "rule"... here I am depriving my child of books! How terrible! So, I'm putting our tax dollars to work, and letting her play with the librabry books instead of my own. And you know what? She is getting so much better about not eating them!! Like, so much better that I'd almost consider letting her at some of ours!! I'm such a good mom!! :)