Story Hour at the Library

We have been going to story hour at the library for awhile now. It has been good because it is getting Elijah used to kids his own age other than the same friends from church. At first it was a struggle getting him to sit down and listen to the stories and also interact with the teacher when she sang songs or played games. It has been going much more smoothly. The little boys like it too as there are kids their age as well. This week story time was geared for Halloween and rather than skipping it, I found some cheap (like $2.00 cheap) costumes from savers and dressed the boys up to have a little fun. They read a story then went around the library and senior center and got some candy, cupcakes, cookies, and balloons. They had a lot of fun. To tell you the truth, I think those at the senior center got a kick out of them. Especially our friendly lion, Jonah. He's just a ham when it comes to smiling for people. Noah, well, he just sticks his thumb in his mouth. Elijah, as outgoing as he is to those he knows, is actually shy around other so can come of as a little rude. We are working on this.

Our friendly lion.

Howdy pardner!

 See what I mean about the thumb thing? Not only did he inherit my looks, he got the thumb gene too!

Your friendly neighborhood spiderman.

And of course, the whole clan having fun. I will never get a picture of all three looking at the camera AND smiling. I've given up. It's ok. I think the picture shows how they feel though.

Overall, it was a good day. Now for naps for all (me included), making dinner, and (sigh) work..blah.

Oh...and as a side note. To the person in Gilbert selling the IKEA slide that Jake and I had wanted to buy but thought $150 was a little steep despite the squeal of delight that it gave to my boys to slide down: I think it's rotten that I replied to your ad selling it for $60 and didn't hear anything and when I looked back on craigslist to see if it had sold found it reposted for $80. Really. Maybe I'm mean but I hope you don't sell it for your $80 price tag. You disappointed me greatly. Don't you know it's only right to LOWER the price and not raise it? Especially when you have someone interested in it. Shame on you! You could have AT LEAST replied to my email and said you needed to raise the price for whatever your reason was. Now I wouldn't even think of paying $80 because of the principle of the matter.
R-O-T-T-E-N!
Ok. Now I feel better.