My friend Courtney has one of my top 6 dream jobs: she runs the cutest buy/sell/trade small town bookstore here in Millington.
And I know you are wondering, the other 5 dream jobs are (in no particular order):
Summer Camp Director
National Geographic Photographer
Dance Teacher (lucky me)
Rock Climbing Instructor
Children’s Book Author
I digress.
Ro-Bot and I, along with my bestie Sarah and her daughter Megan (aka Rowan’s girlfriend), visited our lovely friend at her bookstore this morning for one of my most favorite activities both as a child and an adult… STORYTIME!
She read “The Grouchy Ladybug” by one of my most beloved children’s authors. Eric Carle. Rowan was lucky and got the best seat in the house!
Some titles we picked up earlier in the week when we visited Applegarth Books:
The Sing-Sing Song of Flapper-Jacker-Whacker-O by John F. Smith (Ro LOVES the rhythm of the words and all of the persnickity sounding words!)
Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill (Peek-a-boo is his favorite game right now, so this book makes him giggle!)
Thank You, World by Alice B. McGinty (Gorgeous illustrations and a beautiful message about diversity, oneness, and gratitude… which of course are the primary concerns of a seven month old baby!)
and one of my favorites since my nanny-ing days in college:
Oliva by Ian Falconer
Afterwards, we took the kiddos on a lunch date. Good food and stimulating conversation between the two babies (NO idea what they are saying but they chattered like two little parrots the whole time!).
Well, the lovely nanny/assistant ninja/my sanity, Emily, is here, so I’m ff to SCRUB my house from top to bottom because my best friend from high school will be here on Monday… AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
-Bing
Ninja Thought of the Day:
“Showering without socks on is SO last year.”
-Emily, age 14
Thank you so much for bringing them by. I really enjoy reading to the babies and little kids.
SO ridiculously cute. We must’ve done something right to get some adorable kids.