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Today was my first visit to the library. There's a much closer library (Southeast) in Garner, NC; but mommy found a greater amount of African-American children's fiction books at the Cameron Village Regional Library in Raleigh, NC. I don't have a library card yet, but I cannot wait to get one for myself.
We began the day sorta late but that's because I was sleeping a lot earlier in the day. But eventually mommy bathed and dressed me for our fun day in the sun. After visiting the bank, we reached the library. This is a new library with a coffee shop and everything. I'm not sure what coffee is, but mommy was pretty excited.
We were directed to the picture book section and mommy began to peruse the stacks for books by African American authors. I just waited for her to start reading, at least, one book to me.
I was blessed with many books from mommy's friends in the neighborhood. I've been hearing mommy read them to me since I was inside her. But mommy has taken an interest in making sure I read books about girls and boys who look like me. One day, I will write my first children's book. (note: this is mommy speaking now:).
Here are some of the books mommy and I picked out for the next 2 weeks:
- "Gracie For President" by Kelly DiPucchio (about a girl who campaigns to be the female president)
- "Grandmother and I" by Helend E. Buckley (we read this one while in the library)
- "Papa, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joose
- "Where's Jamela?" by Niki Daly
- "It Takes a Village" by Jane Cowen-Fletcher
- "Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children" by Sandra L. Pinkney
- "In The Small, Small Night" by Jane Kurtz
- "Sunday is For God" by Michael McGowan
- "In My Momma's Kitchen" by Jerdine Nolen
- "Daddy Goes To Work" by Jabari Asim
- "Look at the Baby" by Kelly Johnson
- "Shake Shake Shake" by Andrea and Brian Pinkney
- "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling" by Tracey Campbell Pearson
And then we checked out some non African American theme books.
- "Babyfaces Smile!" by Roberta Grobei Intrater
- "Opposites" by Sandra Boynton
- "Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?" by Eric Carle
- "The Very Lonely Firefly" by Eric Carle (one of my favorite authors)
Mommy is going to try and purchase these books for my own personal library in the future. Reading is so much fun to me. I can't understand the words, but I love hearing the story and look at the big pretty picture books. Soon, I will be able to turn the page myself.
It was so hot out today, that i had to sport my sun shades from the library to the car:-)
After visiting the library, mommy took me to Walmart to purchase my next stage sleeping bed - the Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper. It's a better bed for me since my current bassinet is limited only to 15lbs. The Co-Sleeper is a bassinet, too that goes to 30lbs and a play-yard/toddler bed for up to 50lbs. I will have this for a long while. This will also be helpful for when we have to spend the weeks in Virginia Beach at my Auntie Kendra and Uncle Walt's home while mommy is pursuing her PhD course work.
Above is a picture of what I'm getting along with the website: (click here)
By the end of the day, we met up with daddy for dinner. Mommy didn't feel like cooking, but I think we're going to visit the Farmer's Market on tomorrow. It will be my first time. It should be fun. Until next time....
Bubbles and Kisses,
Arianna Zoe Michelle
Yesterday, I enjoyed a morning nap with Mommy on the couch.
As you can see, I can just about sleep anywhere. Sometime next week, mommy and daddy will be receiving my Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper. I will blog about it and share my experiences with the baby furniture real soon.
Two days ago, mommy found a free coupon for me to enjoy an afternoon playtime at the Gymboree Music and Learn facility in Raleigh, NC on Leadmine Drive. I had a great time in this new environment.
It was a gym full of colorful playmats, jungle gyms, tubings, puppets and more.
The first activity we did was "tummy-time". My other classmates, Caroline and Adeline, are regulars at Gymboree. Here, Caroline and I are chatting while on our tummies:)
But I impressed my teacher and the other parents by being able to sit up at such an early age - 11 weeks.
Here's Caroline. She's 7 months and sitting up well. I know I'll be sitting up loney-loney real soon, too.
But don't worry. My mommy and daddy aren't pushing me too hard. I'm just excited about life and enjoy observing what's going on around me. My Grammy calls me "nosey" sometimes. Hmm...mommy prefers "observant" LOL!
This is my first time at camp, but what made it even more special was having daddy sit-in on the first part of the class with me and mommy. Daddy had to leave early because of work. But here you can see a picture of him singing to me:
The bulk of class was spent with us being sung to by our parents and us reacting to colorful scarves, noise-makers, and more:
One of my favorite things was watching the bubbles being blown in the air by our instructor, Ms. Joy.
After experiencing the bubbles, we laid on our backs and enjoyed parachute time.
In the end, we met GymBob the clown. I really liked all the colors on GymBob. And I cannot wait to see them all again at Gymboree playtime.
After playtime, mommy took me to Barnes and Nobles to search for more books. Well, we also went there so she could feed me:) I really enjoyed reading the big book version of Eric Carlisle's "Very Hungry Caterpillar". One day, I hope to have an entire collection of his books.
Well, until next time....
Bubbles and Kisses,
Arianna Zoe Michelle
