I know I am ready for the sun and I'm guessing that you are. Hopefully thoughts of summer will encourage the sun to come out. With that in mind, we've got tons of great things happening this summer. Here's a teaser of what we'll be doing!

​TRUCK SHOW
Monday, July 9 at 10 am. For all ages and families. 
Our annual Truck Show is back again! Come to the library to get up close and personal with all kinds of trucks and other vehicles.
No registration required.

BUBBLE PARTY
Wednesday, July 11 at 2 pm. For ages 3-7.
Join us for music, bubbles, and summertime fun! 
No registration required.

MUSIKGARTEN
For preschoolers (ages 3-5): Monday, July 16 at 10 am.
For babies (ages 0-2): Monday, July 16 at 10:30 am. 
Join us for a fun time of music and play.
Registration is required and begins July 2. 

THE CHECKERS SHOW
Wednesday, July 18 at 11 am. For all ages and families.
Music, magic, and more! No registration is required, but this is a (free) ticketed event. Tickets will be available at the door 15 minutes before the start time of the program, and you must have a ticket to enter. 

​OMNIPRESENT PUPPET THEATER PRESENTS THE LITTLE MERMAID
Monday, July 30 at 2 pm. For all ages and families.
Our favorite puppet presenters are back again to share the story of The Little Mermaid. No registration is required, but this is a (free) ticketed event. Tickets will be available at the door 15 minutes before the start time of the program, and you must have a ticket to enter. 

Somehow I managed to go a whole month without posting! ARGH. I want at least one of my resolutions to go on! My jogging resolution has fallen apart, but I have not yet given up. The winter is a horrible time to be a new year. I think we should make new year's resolutions when its spring (like real spring, not "my so called spring") because many of the things people make resolutions on NEED good weather. Things like cleaning, organizing, exercising, to name a few. Winter snow is not a great way to start those resolutions.
(^^^Picture above of me actually getting to sit for a moment on our trip.)

Anyways, I was away for one national conference, then a trip to Disney World (which was so busy during spring break) and finally a state conference once I got back from my vacation. PHEW! So much to take on so quickly, but so much fun and learning (I learned in Disney that I have some pretty awesome kids that I don't have to argue with too much)!

So one of my many favorite things that I learned was how to create easy and cheap engineering kits that we could let people check out and play with at home. It might take some time to get them started, but I think it could definitely be a fun addition to our Thursday Explore Your Imagination programs.

I also went to a program called Ditching Dewey, where they got rid of the number system that we all know and moved onto a new type of number/color system that makes sense to real people. That would be a HUGE time commitment, but I think a real useful one, because it would be way easier for you guys to find books.

So what do you guys think? Time to ditch dewey? :)