Library bag...

One of the things that Ethan and I love to do is to go to the library! I enjoy listening to books on cd. When I worked for Verizon I listened to at least two books a week due to drive time. Now that I don't work for them I find that my time to listen to books has been greatly reduced. Ethan has come to enjoy listening to the books as well since he is usually in the car with me. I don't listen to "mushy sex scenes" or "violent" stuff with him in the car. Truthfully most of my books are comedy. I never thought Ethan paid much attention until he repeated part of a book then I knew it was sinking in. (At the end of each book there is an excert that talks about reading to children or even having them listen to them on cd is great.) Ethan and I travel to All Children's Hospital (ACH) for therapy twice a week. A few weeks ago I got a children's book about mouse tales on cd and we listened to that back and forth to ACH. It was really cute and I could hear Ethan laughing in the backseat. He proceeded to tell the therapist all about the mouse when we got to therapy. When we are at the library Ethan picks out at least 6 books to read at home. The last trip we meet a mom who had two separate canvas bags for her daughters to carry their books. I said to Ethan that he needs one for his books. I went to Micheal's and bought a bag (Ethan choose the color) and added his name on it. Now it proudly sits in his playroom filled with his library books. He is so very proud of his book bag. He carries it around the house and shows anyone that comes over. I can't wait to take it the next time we go to the library. Oh and next time we go to the library Ethan will get his own library card. He has proven that he is responsible enough to take care of his library books. We've gone all summer.