Library!

I don't know what it is about books, but they cast this spell over me for some reason! I LOVE reading, love walking through book stores, love spending time at the library. The girls and I went last Friday on a rainy morning ... there's just something about rain and books that go perfectly together, don't you think?!

These are Joy's picks:
These are MY picks - yes pretty much all children's books except for The Dog Whisperer DVD {more on that below!}:

And these are Hope's picks:

Have you seen this yet? It's called Playaway and you simply bring it home and plug in some headphones and listen! It's like a book on tape, only easier! I let the girls each pick one at the library and so far they really like it. On the back are a series of buttons to control it like play, stop, pause, volume, etc ... it's really simple and really cool. And they are about the size of a deck of cards. Great for taking in the car! PS. Forgive me if this is nothing new ... it was our first time seeing it at our local library.

So, you may wonder why I choose all children's books ... well for the most part I let the girls choose what they want to read for fun. They've gone through all kinds of Junie B Jones, Magic Tree House and Fairies books. But I want to make sure that they are also reading GOOD, quality, stories. Stories that have some backbone to them and not just silly fluff. I looked up a list of great books in my Sonlight catalog and wrote a bunch down so when we went to the library I just searched for the ones on my list and found most of the ones I wanted. These make great choices for when we read aloud together. {Which we need to do more often I might add!}

I DO have books of my own, remember, I LOVE to read?! But most of mine are either borrowed from my Mom, Mother in Law or a friend, or borrowed from our church library. I always seem to have many going at once and rarely have to search for what to read next. It's a nice problem to have!

As far as the DVD goes ... well it seems we have a naughty little puppy 'round here and we need to work on some training! Case in point ...

Um yeah, that was fun to clean up!

OK, I've delayed enough, I'm off to watch that DVD and put some dog training into practice! =)