Our Favourite Hobby

The Dude and I love visiting the library. He enjoys choosing books for Mommy to read to him and I love watching him make his selections. It's so funny to watch him pull books off of the shelf and discard the ones that don't interest him, while he holds on for dear life to the ones that do. He's only 15 months old.

It reminds me of the visits my Mom and I used to make to the library in London. It was a huge old place, full to bursting with every book imaginable. It was always such a treat when we went with Mom, but now I'd like it to become a habit for our family. It's so much fun to browse the shelves and choose a book that you can't wait to get your teeth into. I could get lost for hours in a good book and not notice where the time has gone. I've always been the same, especially when it comes to library books.

We're a bunch of book worms in our house and it looks as though Little one is following in our footsteps. He loves a certain book called 'Dear Zoo' which funnily enough, I owned when I was a kid. We've already taken it out of the library twice and over the course of a day, he'll bring it to me at least 6 times for me to read with him and each sitting requires us to look through it about 8 or 9 times before he's willing to look at a different book.

What I also think is fab about the library is that there are so many free programs available throughout the year like foreign movie nights and Q&A sessions with local authors. Our local library hosts a kids story time once a week which is followed by a free craft, and in some libraries in the area they host a story time for babies and toddlers too.

Do you enjoy visiting your library? Are there any books in particular that your kids tend to gravitate toward? Share your experiences here and post a comment!

My New Venture

Today is officially my first ever experience with blogging and I'm a little nervous. It's true, I'm a blog virgin. But I'm ready to take the leap, so here I go!



In the last year, I've moved countries, got married, had a baby, started my career and have managed to come out the other side unscathed - so why am I so worried about my new venture? It's always a little scary to journey into something new, but given that I've been using a computer for most of my life, you'd think this wouldn't phase me so much. This is the woman who had to learn to drive on the other side of the road whilst taking her car out for a test drive (poor car salesman), Who gave birth and enjoyed it (yes, I know that's a little strange) and who had to learn to speak 'American' in order to read a menu (It's true, we speak the same language, just with different words). I guess there's some truth in the phrase 'practise makes perfect'. Maybe that's why I'm feeling a little anxious; I want to be sure I'm doing this right.



Life lesson #1: You won't know until you give it a try!



I hope that you enjoy my blog and follow me on my new adventure - not only into cyber space, but as a writer, a wife and a mom.