Anna kept wanting me to pick the strawberries out of my lemonade for her to eat. Evan saw this and said "Me, too!" I offered him a strawberry, but he said "NO" and pointed to the lemon that comes on the side of the glass, you know, so you know it's lemonade.
Anyways, we gave it to him.
He thanked us kindly and gave it back.
So after dinner we weren't quite ready to go home, but didn't want to go anywhere expensive either. I thought "Border Books!" We have never taken our kids to the bookstore before. For me that was a terrible realization. Some of you may know I have a fond love of bookstores. Libraries, too. When I grow up I want to be an author, and sometimes I get overwhelmed walking into a bookstore just thinking about all of the people who contribute these stories to our lives. Fact or fiction, doesn't matter. It just overwhelms me. So there we were, introducing my children to something that I love, and guess what, they loved it too. Anna ran off with Daddy and Evan. They found what they wanted in the bargain section. I found a children's book written by Mary Higgins Clark, my favorite mystery author. Of course I got it so that I can introduce my children to her, too. Riley couldn't find any chapter books in the bargain section, so he and I ran off to the children's section. He was so excited by all of the choices. He just couldn't decide. We were probably at the bookstore for about an hour and ended up coming away spending only $25. Not a bad price to pay to watch your children's imaginations take flight. -P-
2 comments:
Love the last pic of Evan tasting the lemon! Cute! Sounds like a fun family date. The book store sounds like fun, that is someplace I sometimes forget to take my kids.
Hi Pam: It's Jen Woolf, I saw your comment on Leslie Olivers blog, so I thought I would say hello. Your kids are adorable. Thank you for having us for dinner (I know that was a while ago), it was great to see you all.
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