Summer at the Library

This summer, the girls and I have spent a LOT of time at the library.  It is free, has air conditioning, and Reagan loves to rent books (and DVDS!).  We take a trip there two or three times a week, so we have developed little rituals.  Reagan wanted to include Daddy in a trip to the library at least once this summer, so we took him on Saturday. 

Here is the Tunnel of Trees we walk through to get to the library.  (Reagan became fascinated with tunnels on our trip to Ohio, so this is our own little tunnel in Virginia.)

After the Tunnel of Trees, Reagan loves to open the door by pushing the automatic button.  Once inside, she unloads all of her books and DVDs one by one to the return bin.  Many times she will announce every single title as she is putting it back, almost as if to say goodbye.

Once the books and movies are returned, our first stop is always the DVD rack where she chooses a few more titles (favorites this summer have been Barney, Clifford, Dora, and Elmo).  Then we move on to the racks and racks of books.  She usually chooses between 5 and 10 titles, placing all of them in our orange bag. 

Finally, with our library card and purple summer reading slip (after visiting five times and receiving a signature at check out from the librarians, Reagan gets a prize from the treasure chest) in hand, we head to check out our books and movies.  Again, Reagan places each one individually up on the counter and hands the librarian our library card.  After check out, Reagan pushes the automatic button to open the doors, we walk through the Tunnel of Trees, and we climb back in the car to go home.  Another successful day at the library!