i love to read.
i love how-to articles in magazines, i love getting lost in pictures of gardens and lists of recipes for dinner parties, and ideas for new projects.
when the day gets long, i love curling up in bed with a good book and getting lost in another place and time.
but books cost money, and even worse, at the rate i read, we can end up with piles of them!
the library is my favorite solution to the problem.
the books are free, they are countless, and, if we time our visits right, there are friendly ladies to read oodles of them to Hannah and other friendly tots before some fun activities!
we go to the library every week now. even if the books aren't due. and not just because i like it, but because Hannah loves it, too.
currently, she loves curling up on the mini couch at the El Toro library with a pile of Madeline books.
the aliso viejo library is a favorite of mine, partly because we can make it to storytime right after gymboree, and they have a great coffee shop attached. i love having a little lunch or sweet snack with Hannah there. it's kind of our thing.
one of my favorite books that i keep checking out over and over again is called "Lola en la biblioteca". That's right. Lola in the library. It's all about how little Lola loves to go to the library with her mom for storytime and to check out new books each week. Then they go for a little coffee/snack afterwards. Sound familiar? Oh yes. I just might BUY a copy of this book, because I love it, and how it preserves that little mommy memory for me. God, the little things are sweet sometimes!
