The Library

So this morning got off to a rough start.  I was quite miserably pregnant and not in the best mood and I'm pretty sure I rubbed off on L because he very quickly became cranky.  We played outside for a while but nothing was really satisfying him so I decided to break out the water beads.  It's been months since he's played with water beads so it worked out perfectly.  He had a great time swishing them around, trying to pick them up, and putting them into different containers.

Of course, he eventually ended up in the bin of water beads...it's way more fun when you use your whole body!

I can see such an improvement in his fine motor skills lately.  He's really into stickers and markers/crayons so I think that's what's doing it.  He would challenge himself to pick up one water bead at a time and put it in a container.  Such a hard worker!

After nap we painted on the easel outside, and of course he painted himself :).  He ended up mostly blue and was very content to be so.  Then we went to the library, and we were in for a treat.  L was so excited to be there that he couldn't contain himself.  I took him to the children's corner and there were puzzles, bead mazes, toy animals, and tons of books!  He couldn't contain his excitement at all and ended up very out of breath.  We picked out 16 different books together and brought them home.  I read to him for at least an hour straight before we took a break, and then we read some of them again at bedtime!  There were several books about babies that were among his favorites and a big book where you pull back the flaps and see what's inside.  He's really into counting, in the flap book it has a number section where you count the items under the flap and he would watch very intently as I counted the items.  He wanted to read that section multiple times.  He also picked out an I Spy book while we were at the library.  I originally thought that it was above his level but since he picked it out we brought it home.  I was so wrong and so thoroughly impressed!  He could find almost all of the items that he was supposed to!  He LOVES that book too, he even took it to bed with him tonight haha.  I love this kid, he's so amazing!

We have decided that the library will be a regular trip for us!