Library Party

Saturday we woke nice and early to go to the Library's summer reading program party. You had to sign up a the beginning of the summer, read x amount of books and turn in your log before July 26th. So, we did all of that and figured we needed to go to the party to get all our free stuff! =] All 3 kids got a free book, TONS of coupons for attractions and restaurants around town, Popsicle, drinks, candy, crafts and more! It was crowded and hot so we did not stay long, just long enough for hte girls to have a little fun. While there I heard this startling screech, turned around to find a frantic mother in tears who had thought she lost her child. She was with 3-4 security guys and when she screeched she ran over to her hubby who had both of her children. I am not sure what happened or if the kid was really lost, but regardless of how long the kid was lost or if it was lost....that is scary. Made me hold tighter to the hands of my little girls...that’s for sure! I can not even fathom the feelings I would have if that happened to me! One time at Target Joe and Katie ran in to get something while I stayed in the car with the other two. He called me and said he lost Katie. I was in disbelief. I thought he was just mad at her and she had ran off in front of him. I went to the front of the store in the car to make sure she didn’t get out. Then he called me and said that an employee and a customer had found her. She went down the next aisle and by the time Joe got there she was down another and so on....she had got scared and found the employee and customer(an older lady) and said she lost her daddy and needed help. He was 2 aisles over looking for her with another employee. He called me back VERY upset and said she was found and he was heading back to the car. She was playing with him and didnt mean to 'get lost'. But it upset Joe and scared him I think too. That has never personally happened to me and I am sure I would have been frantic if I had been in the moment with him.

Hixson Paper

Katie and Ally have been in the Hixson Paper twice now. The links are below. A newspaper reporter has come to storytime at the library and took a picture of the group. The first one is from Easter and was published May 7th, they are wearing bunny ears they made and holding bunny books they read during storytime. Page 11:
http://community.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/HXepaper.aspx?articleid=4958&zoneid=71

The second time was July 16th. They talk about the summer reading program and storytime throughout the summer. I am not sure how the reporter found out their last names cause I did not tell her...guess Katie speaks more clearly then I thought she did! =] Page 7: http://community.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/HXepaper.aspx?articleid=5747&zoneid=71