something fun for a hot, summer day

ok...i guess i'm a bad mama.

wait a minute. let me back up. i hate to read. seriously, i can probably count the number of books i've read in my life on one hand. i was the kid that got summer reading books on tape and listened to them in the car on the way to tennis tournaments because i knew dang good and well that i wasn't going to sit down and read them. the great gatsby?? puh-lease. the red badge of courage? don't think so. the hobbit?? not hardly. i was also the kid that refused (and i do mean refused) to read "as i lay dying" by faulkner in 11th grade because hello......have you looked at that book?? have you read faulkner? i rest my case. and yes, i made a 71 on that test. if you're adding that up in your head...that's a C. my english teacher was so mad at me because i actually passed that test and never read the book. i didn't say i couldn't listen in class!!

anyway, while i will gladly sit down and read "the very hungry caterpillar" or a bible story book to william and wes, i have never given much thought to taking them to the library. i mean, there are swimming pools and swingsets outside. in the sunshine. but somehow, william got in his head that he wanted to go to the library. so my mother (the librarian) took my little people to the library a few mornings ago to check it out.

obviously, the love of books gene skipped a generation because she said they were like 2 kids in a candy shop. william couldn't believe "all these different books about all kinds of stuff," and wes couldn't pull books off the shelf fast enough. the stuffed animals were a hit, too!

i guess i'm going to have to teach them how to solve derivatives, graph parabolas, and read the periodic chart of elements. because if they don't get the math/science gene from me (and their daddy), i'm not going to be of much use to them in this literary world.

or, i guess i could, ya know...get them a library card.

do they have pools at the library??