Adeline prefers older boys. When Sam came over for a pajama party, he and Adeline
cuddled together in the same blanket.
Last Friday, after James finished playing pirates with Aurora, Adeline
coaxed him into sharing a good half of his smoothie with her. When it comes to Aurora’s buddies, Adeline
is all smiles and giggles.
However, put her together with a fella her own age and
Adeline takes off running. Such
was the case this morning:
16-month old Jivan tried to give Adeline hugs, therefore I spent the
rest of the morning with Adeline as a barnecle on my leg. Yesterday, at the Hawthorne Library (no. 13) while Aurora quilted at sew-a-story, Adeline spent an hour dodging the
amorous advances of an enthusiastic 18-month Owen. In the end, the play opportunities at the Hawthorne
library were so enticing that Adeline found motivation leave the
safety of my legs to play.
At the Hawthorne Library, the girls played house and hung
bright laundry on drying racks.
They sung on stage, drove buses, put on a puppet show, and played in a
pretty spectacular doll house. The
Hawthorne has a terrific set of kids only iPads, but my two have had such fun in
their pretend play that I have yet to point out the electronic toys.
We were at Hawthorne this week for the above mentioned,
sew-a-story class in which Aurora designed and helped create her very own
mini-quilt to show her own story. The class enabled us to take Aurora’s art
and turn in into a terrific quilt!
This week in various library classes my girls have created a
quilt, danced ballet, performed in a play, learned art, and enjoyed several
good old fashion storytimes, and this is a slow week! Maybe it’s the approaching saccharine holiday, but I find
myself quite enamored with the all the cool offerings of the Madison Public
Libraries.
