Hearts and Flowers

Valentine's Day is next weekend, which I am sure you knew, but just in case. Happy Valentine's Day to you and your family.

Next week is school break and we are offering two family programs: A movie with craft and a Wimpy Kid party. At the movie we will be learning the hula and basking in a tropical atmosphere. At the party, we will be having silly games and fun. I hope you can make one of the programs. Both programs require a sign-up.

Tomorrow THE STORM will be here. I hope you have some good books at home for you to enjoy while the snow falls. Remember you can always call the library to check if a program is running or if it has been canceled because of weather. As a rule of thumb, if the weather is bad-class is canceled but it never hurts to check. :-)

Keep warm!

January 28!

What an interesting winter this has been. I can't believe that yesterday I went outside with just a sweater yesterday. Someone said that there is always a thaw in January, but not like this. Of course this is just my opinion. I was expecting this type of thaw, say, mid-February. But the good part of this, is that it gave me the hope of spring. That was nice.

This is just a heads up for February....We are having a Wimpy Kid Party! Yeah. This will be the Friday of winter break. Keep an eye out for future updates!

The new year

The holidays have come and gone. Winter is half over. Quite honestly, I don't know where the time went. I hope your holidays were good to you.

With the cold weather here, this is a good time to snuggle up with a new book, some hot cocoa and family. I have been enjoying some of the new Young Adult materials as well as some of our new juvenile.

On an educational note, spending time reading with your children helps increase their vocabulary, their enjoyment of reading and helps develop narrative skills. This includes shared reading and being read to.

Christmas Week

Friday is Christmas and I am wondering where the year went. With all of it's ups and downs, I have enjoyed this year very much. I think I will spend the next week considering if I am going to make a New Year's Resolution. I rather doubt it since the only New Year's Resolution I have ever kept was the year I resolved not to make a resolution. I was so successful.

The programs for the winter are now on eventkeeper and most of them have been added to the website. Over the winter break, we will only have one program--a craft and movie. We will be building a Rube Goldburg machine. It will be a lot of fun.

We are having a tooth fairy craft day here at the library with Carol from the Regal Cinemas. Come make a wand, a tooth fairy box and other special crafts. It is sure to be a fun time for everyone. It will be on January 8 at 3:30 pm.

Well, I want to wish everyone a: Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas, Blessed Solstice, Happy Hanakah, Joyful Kwansaa and a Peaceful Id al-Fitr. (If I have missed your holiday, I wish you a joyful one.)

December 1st and counting.

Well , we made it through thanksgiving. Now comes the big ones! Are you ready for (hannakah, christmas, New years, Id el fid, Kwansaa?

Candy making was yesterday. It was so much fun! Even the volunteers had a wonderful time and I have to say that we had chocolate (and jimmies and pretzels) all over the floor, and the tables and ourselves. (Sorry, Don) Seriously, wicked cool fun.

The next big Holiday program is the Gingerbread House stories and decorating this coming week. Tickets for the event are already available.

Thursday is Thanksgiving

First order of business: Everyone who are driving to be with family---be safe. I want to hear all about your trip.

I am looking out the windows at a grey day. Not gloomy, but definately grey. The rain is falling, but I am grateful that it's not snow. (I really need to practice my spelling. Believe it or not, it has improved over the years.)(Even more unbelievable, Scrabble is my favorite game to play)

We have added some new series like: Just Grace and the Candy Apples stories. Plus we have added some new cd and stories from Discovery Toys. They were donated by Sue Garten and are housed in the house shelving. We have also been adding books and CDs through out the Juvenile room including: Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery by David Adler, President Pennybaker by Kate Feiffer and Horrible Harry and the Dead Letters by Suzy Kline. We have also added Speaking Spanish with Dora and Diego - Vaminos! Let's Go and Family Adventures.

Starting December 1st, we will be having out decorations to make for the christmas tree. This year we will be making cloth garlands, string crandberries and make ornaments.

Middle of november

Next week is Thanksgiving. The library raffle has started. The library closes after dark and it is only 5 pm. The Holiday programming has started with sign-ups already in full swing for the chocolate making.

As things start speeding up, I want to encourage you to remember to take some quiet time for yourselves. As we start gearing up for families and our respective holidays, it is not unusual to be going so fast to get everything done, you don't have time to enjoy all the stuff going on. Nothing is more important and disasters are all par for the course. In fact, one of my favorite family memories is when the pipes burst and we had to do our Christmas dishes in the downstairs deep sink. Remember that perfect is not nearly as important as enjoying the moment you are in even the bad ones.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.