Moving!

Its that time AGAIN! We are moving to another place locally, just one year after moving from Boston to here. This time however, I have a big helper to make packing easier (ahem) for me - my little Keerthana! After following me around everywhere asking, "Do you need help, Mommy?" and then proceeding to "help" by dumping things from different rooms into random boxes, I decided to enlist her help to pack her own books. A stroke of genius, even if I say so myself!


First we collected her books from all over the apartment and dumped them on the floor next to a box. "Wow! So many books!, K said proudly. We then got off to a great start in taking the books off the floor and putting them in a box. Since she looked like she was enjoying herself with the task, I left her with it and went into the kitchen to get some packing done. After all of 5 mins, there was silence. I peeked out of the kitchen to see this!

Apparently seeing some of her old favorites reappear made her want to sit down and read them again! I'm quite surprised that almost none of the books have fallen into the outgrown category yet. She still likes most of the books she enjoyed in her first year, though she has now graduated to reading books with more of a plot (current favorites are the Little Engine That Could, Little Blue Truck, and Mr.Pine's Purple House). And speaking of books, I'm stoked that we have an adorable bookstore within  walking distance from our new place! It has a great selection of children's books and a cute nook with toddler sized tables and chairs for them to read while they are there. And they also have book reading for kids on Saturday mornings. I just know that we are going to go to be regulars at this store. And that, my friends, is going to make the next move (I'm hoping that is a long, long, long way off) that much more interesting!