Storytime

We've taken the boys to Storytime at Barnes & Noble a few times, and they usually enjoy it. The local Barnes & Noble tries to bring in a costumed character every month or two, and they'll read a story about the character while the character acts out the story. In April, the boys got to meet Froggy.

They were so excited about meeting Froggy. They talked about Froggy nonstop before we got to the bookstore, and as soon as we got in the store they asked where Froggy was. After the story, they were excited to get to hug Froggy along with the other boys and girls.




They talked about getting to meet and hug Froggy for days and days after the fact.

Peter Rabbit came to the store last weekend and things didn't go so well. The boys were very excited about meeting Peter Rabbit before we got to the store, but this time around was not as fun. There was a new girl reading the story and she wasn't as engaging as the lady that normally reads the stories. The Peter Rabbit experience lasted only about 10 minutes in total, but it went something like this: (*Disclaimer: I am a math and science geek, so I put this in the form of a chart.)

Here are the boys watching Peter Rabbit walk in.

Peter Rabbit. He sat still the entire time (not much fun for the kids). And what is with the bright pink carrot??

Their faces say it all...

Excitement level is fading fast...

They gave Peter Rabbit an obligatory hug, but as you can see, Brady was not happy about it:

As soon as Brady got back to me, he said "Leave now". Poor kid.

They had much more fun at the train table:

Clifford the Big Red Dog is coming in August. He is one of the boys' favorite characters, so we are hopeful that meeting Clifford will turn out to be lots of fun!