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It was a weekend of highs and lows.  My high was Saturday when I decided to take E to the library.  I thought they had story time at 10:15am but turns out that is only during the week.  Oh well.  We decided to stay in the children's section and read books on some really cool chairs.  The library was really nice, as was the children's section with just one small flaw... the children's section was completely open and in the center of the library.  All other sections seemed were strategically located around the children's section.  To me this seems like a bad idea but apparently it must work for some people. 

E was having so much fun.  He'd grab a book, read it (loudly), put it back and get another to bring to the kid chairs, repeat.  Most of his reading consisted of him SHOUTING, "Car car truck, car truck.  Woof woof. Turtle. Fruit."  On his third book, a library employee came over and said, "Wow! He's really excited, huh?"  I said, "Yes, he loves to read."  The librarian replied, "Do you think he can read in his 'library voice'?".  I responded back, "We'll try our best."

After 5 more minutes and nonstop shushing (unsuccessfully I might add), the librarian came back and said, "You know, there are people here who are really trying to concentrate."  I knew that was coming so I apologized and we left.  We were probably inside for less than 10 minutes so I didn't feel too bad.  We got out quick and went to a nearby park, climbed on the playground and watched kids playing soccer.  Way more fun than a stuffy library and E got to shout as loud as he wanted and made a few friends in the process.  It was a great Saturday morning.  We also had a great Saturday evening bbq with friends, fun and football.

Low of the weekend was the time change.  E did not get the memo.  Hopefully he'll figure it out quickly, otherwise I'll be drinking a lot more coffee this week.