Bring on the Books!

I feel like a bad mom. Brent is almost five years old and until tonight he had never been to the library. I really think I should be fined for that. In fact, a fine is one of the reasons why I haven't taken him. The last time I was a library patron was in 2002 and I knew I had borrowed a big stack of books--probably all pregnancy related--and returned them way late. I had no idea what my late fee total was and I was afraid to find out. Another reason for my literacy neglect is Brent's past lack of enthusiasm for being read to. Lately he has had so many questions about so many things so I've been telling him we will go to the llbrary to get books to answer all his what, why, and how questions. Also, Wyatt has become such a book maniac that if you are reading to him and pause or get distracted he notices immediately and will smack you in the chest and then point to the book to remind you to stay on task.

So anyway...Brent and I went to the library last night after Michael got home. It was a glorious exeperience. Seriously. I used to be such a big reader and it was like a homecoming for me. We have a brand new library branch just two or so blocks from our house so everything there is brand new and state of the art. My fine turned out to be $20.25. Not great, but not as bad as I'd feared. Brent was issued his very own library card and got to "sign" his name on the back. Now he wants his own wallet. He picked out six books and I got Wyatt a stack of board books. We had read them all at least once within an hour of being home. I am just thrilled Brent is enjoying reading and in the books that had repetitive things (i.e. The Grouchy Ladybug) I assigned him words to read so he can practice his speech sounds. He loved that!

Late tonight Brent started running a high fever and saying his tummy hurts. I am pretty much filled with dread about what is likely to happen during the night, but hopefully it won't be anything major and he'll feel better by morning. Poor guy.

About a month ago I started a bedtime routine of asking Brent what his favorite part of the day was. If I manage to keep up this daily blog thing I will include that in my entry. Tonight his answer was being read to...no big surprise there. I also have a "Brentism" from today. During lunch today he was asking the little girl I keep why her mom hasn't had a baby, why she doesn't have a baby in her tummy etc... I am crossing my fingers he doesn't ask the mom this since she has been TTC and on fertility meds for a year. He kept on asking Kayla about it today and was never satisfied with her answer.. Finally I had to tell him to stop pestering her about it. He looked at me and said, "I guess God is just out of babies right now."