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We've Come a Long Way...

Every three weeks for the last 6 months we return our stack of library books and check out new ones. Every three weeks Derek chases after Silas (and sometimes Zoe) to prevent him/them from wrecking havoc while I (and sometimes Zoe) pick out the next stack of books to check out.

But today was different. Today both kids walked up to a table, pulled out a chair, and sat and looked at books. They were perfect little book reading angels for the entire duration of our visit (and they picked a good time to do it, because the 3 of us were there with my Dad & Mary who are visiting this weekend!). When they were done looking at the books they had selected they would walk over to the stack, set those books on top and grab a couple more.


We've come a long way since our first harrowing trip to the library (thanks to good ol' development + a lot of practice)!

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