Fun at the library

Allie reading her Halloween story to her "friend"

Allie is very proud of her library book.

Today was Allie's first visit to the public library. Her preschool,"SHEEP", took them on a field trip to the Boerne Public Library. Ms. Constance read the kids a story and then, the best thing of all, they got to check out their very own books!! Yipee!! We had previously applied for library cards back when school started in Aug. so all the kiddos already had cards and were allowed to check out a book.Allie came home with all sorts of stories about what she can and cannot do with her library book. She said to me "Mom, did you know that it is NOT ok to take my library book into the bathtub with me?" I said,"Really, why?" She said "because that would be inappropriate." I did not even know that "inappropriate" was in her vocabulary. I asked her what "inappropriate" meant and she said "I think it means that it is not good for me to do it. " Pretty close. She picked out a Halloween story. She told me later that she was a little afraid of parts of it, but that seems to have been resolved. On that note, I must state that HEB (our local grocery store) infuriated me today. Why in the world do they have to put three HUGE life-sized mummies and corpse-looking things right at the front entrance of the store? I've had enough problems lately just walking past the Halloween aisle with Allie, and now these monstrosities are looming in the doorway and the poor baby is terrified to go in the store. The people who decide where to place the displays must not have young children!! So sorry for my ranting and raving but I think it is truly ridiculous. For whatever reason, Allie is more aware (I guess) of all of the costumes, esp the scary ones. It also does not help that Scott takes great delight in putting on his "freaky-looking"(Allie's words) skeleton mask from last year and chasing her around the house screaming and hissing- I'm going to get you Allie! Poor thing!! Next year she'll probably be the one jumping out from behind doors and around corners scaring everyone else so I guess I'll enjoy the times when she buries her face into me and grabs my hands for protection when we're at the store. It's going to be a long month until Halloween is over. One thing to look forward to though is Oct.30th her 5th birthday!!