Library Books

I took Biddy to the library for the first time. We have been meaning to go for a while now but finally managed to make it there this week. 

Every night since he was tiny we have read a story or two before bed. A milk/book double whammy. His first favorite was Fire Engine Man. He wouldn't hear of reading any other book for about three months. B and I can still recite it verbatim. Thank goodness he has since branched out and I am proud to say Biddy is becoming quite the bookworm demanding we read him book after book not just at bedtime but during daytime snuggle sessions too. I'm all for it. Sure thing kid. Let's get the encyclopedias out and start at A. 

It's like he's quenching a knowledge thirst. He needs it. Lapping up words and pictures. Learning. Hence why we needed to hightail it to the library.

We ducked in out of the rain just after 3pm and walked the aisles to orient ourselves. After canvassing the entire children's room we came to the picture book section. A huge wall of book after book after beautiful book stacked to the ceiling. I have to say Biddy was much more interested in the kids who had just filed in from school, that is until he found a book called Dig Dig Digging. He was giddy. Sat right down at the table and started turning pages. Did I mention he's a sucker for basically anything that digs, hauls, moves, beeps and requires gas? (We're pushing for natural gas.)

In the end we took four books to the check out counter. The book about diggers, The Cow Who Clucked, Scoot on Top of the World, and Who took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? As I filled out the library card application, Biddy chose which card design he liked best from four design choices drawn by San Francisco students. The librarian entered all our information into the computer and proudly handed Biddy his very own laminated library card. It was a Kodak moment indeed.

As we walked back out into the pelting rain Biddy exclaimed, "Come Mommy. Let's go read diggers."