257: story time

Every Wednesday, the library has story time. It has been so great. It's something for Kinsley to really look forward to and Dagny has even proven to have a much better attention span than I thought! There are TONS of kids that show up each week (and yet that's the only time we ever see them?), which is fun. Dori, one of the librarians, reads 3 or 4 books and sings songs in between. Then there is always an art project set up that relates to the theme of the books. One week was all about babies, one was about sea creatures and they made 3D seahorses out of toilet paper tubes and cut-out faces/tails, one week was about picnics and they made colored picnic baskets and got to glue all of the different things inside. This week's theme was safety - the kids glued faces and shoes and helmets onto a little kid character and then got to color them. The girls are getting so much more comfortable and I love watching them. They were both so proud of their coloring and wanted to show Miss Dori. It was so sweet to see Kinsley (who is relatively shy lately around people she doesn't know) go up to her and proudly show her the rainbow shoes, shorts, and helmet that she colored. And it melted my heart to watch Dagny follow Kinsley proudly holding her picture up in both hands to show Miss Dori her creation.