This week at the library; or, Week 2

What's going on, in my head and at the library

• Monday
• Playgroup with Pattie
• Read with Pearl
• Autism Support Group
• How did I ever manage without an assistant? We had a long staff meeting and she met with and trained my volunteer, put together the publicity for summer school, and covered the desk, among other things. I managed to write a lot of supervisor-ey emails, planned most of Friday's field trip, washed out the sponges I need to cut up for Wednesday's program, refilled the summer reading materials, wrote up the copious minutes of the staff meeting, cleaned a few stacks off my desk, and covered the desk in the evening. The copier did not cooperate with the rest of my to do list.
• Tuesday
• Toddlers 'n' Books (2 sessions) (Pattie)
• Storywagon: Chris Fascione
• Busy. Lovely weather outside, lots of people inside.
• Wednesday
• We Explore Favorite Artist Leo Lionni
• Thursday

• Books 'n' Babies (Pattie)
• Messy Art Club: The Big Splat
• I went to Walmart to pick up some things, then tried to get the burgeoning mess in my office and workspace under control. Between summer reading, a massive donation of Legos, and half-built furniture everywhere, it's going as well as can be expected. My teen aides had a ton of fun supervising splatter paint and we got a lot of gorgeous pics up on the windows. 
• Friday
• Kindergarten Field Trip
• Maker Workshop: Beading
• The morning was pretty awesome - and pretty exhausting! I am so glad I only do this once in the summer...had a small but enthusiastic group for beading.
• This week has been really overwhelming. Is the rest of summer going to be like this? I hope not! I am going to sleep for the next two days.

Happy Things; or, I haven't decided what to call this section

• One of the families at my maker workshop last Friday told me that the kids had gotten super into sewing and have been making fun creatures all weekend! I brought them some of my mini buttons from home to make eyes.
• Pudgy, bare little toddler feet
• Colorful sidewalk from splatter paint.

What the kids are reading: A selection

• Blood of Olympus - several requests
• Picture books with math - neighborhoods to the rescue!
• Fukufuku kitten
• Lego Ninjago
• Island by Korman - can't find Shipwreck
• Mermaids - fantasy books. Dissuaded a 7 year old from checking out Fables and found her some better books!
• Found Shipwreck! It was on my own display.
• Scary tales and Dino-Mike from my school visits
• I Survived