First library visit

Thursday I took Tope to the library for the first time. It was a perfect day to bring him, as there was no story time and only a handful of people there at about 10am.

I was glad it was quite because Tope looked overwhelmed the whole time we were there. He stood looking around and not making much of a sound. The only

Reaction I could get out of him was when we looked at the Lego creations kids had made - that got him very interested.

We eventually found a few books, mostly superhero books!, and I tried to get him to play in the toy area with duplos or trains but he was not interested.

My guess is he will enjoy himself the next time we go, it was just too big and overwhelming this day. We will try again next Thursday and see what happens, then maybe in a few weeks we will even venture to a storytime. I know he loves books so I think this will be a winner of a location-someday. :)

Until then, we will just hang out more at home and do fun things like build more train tracks!!!

-Mara

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