Story Time Again

It's that time of year again.  Story Time.

We used to go to Story Time every week.  I took Savannah and Ethan pretty religiously.  Then Ethan went to school and I had Jackson and Holden at home and I tried to take them too.

Yeah, that didn't last very long.

Holden would not sit still.  He was always stealing binkies and sippy cups from younger (and sometimes older) children.  He would not sit quietly and listen to the stories.  I was constantly having to haul him out into the hallway.  Jackson would not stay by himself and listen to the story.  He always followed us out.

After a while, I decided that story time was not worth it.  We were so disruptive and never actually listened to the stories they shared.  I started taking the boys to the library at other times and letting them choose books and movies and music.  They loved going to the library, just not for story time.

Holden never was interested in being read to anyway.  All my other kids would sit for ever and listen to their favorite books.  Not Holden.  Until last week.  He sat snuggled up to Grammy Treehouse for at least three books.  And he let me read five or six books to him yesterday.  I definitely noticed and decided to try him again at Story Time this morning.  

He loved it.  The theme was "The Moon," because tonight is supposed to be a full and a blue moon.(Shhhhh!!  Don't tell Jackson we read books about the moon.  He'd be jealous!)  He sat on my lap for a bit and then on the floor for a bit and then he laid down and watched as Ms. Elizabeth read us a book all about a kitten who thought the moon looked like a dish of milk.

We read two other books and danced and sang.  We said the ABC's and recited "Hey, Diddle Diddle."  We colored a picture of a full moon and got a sticker and checked out five books!

We actually saw two girls there with their boys who go to the Lake Charles Ward.  It was fun to be back at Story Time.  Can't wait for next week!!