library babies

we love our local public library! the newport branch of the campbell county library is only 2 blocks from our house, and was built just a few years ago. it's pretty great, and it's SO close! i've been taking greta there for "babytime", their version of storytime for little ones, since before she could crawl, and now we attend both "babytime" and "toddler time"....which might be overdoing it but we don't care. :) the kids love the storytimes, even though i think they enjoy the bubble machine more than the actual stories and nursery rhymes. they also love to just go and look at books.....
greta is currently obsessed with the summer reading program, which is giving me flashbacks to filling out my "book it!" pins to get my pizza hut rewards when i was in grade school. for every 1/2 hour you read, you put a sticker on a "reading log", and then when the log is full you turn it in for a prize. although the prizes have gotten noticeably more lame as the summer drags on, greta's enthusiasm continues. so far we've collected a water squirter (water gun), a book, many bouncy balls, an inflatable frog, a few rubber ducks dressed up like pirates, and some grow capsules. it's been really neat to watch her get excited about reading (and yes, we're reading to otto too.)