The other day my little boy (yes, I will leave him unnamed) was either bored in his room during nap time or just wanted to pull a naughty stunt. He decided to tear every last page out of 3 children's books and each one of those pages into a hundred (may just 10) pieces.
They weren't just any books they were LIBRARY BOOKS! So when I take them up to the stereotypical librarian, she shook her head and said, "what a shame! I guess you'll be buying those." I muttered who knows what... She totaled it up and said "that will be $53". I tried to compose myself, but I was in sickened shock. A fellow librarian, who had pity on my expression, told her to take off the processing fee of $9. I said, "wow, I don't know if I can afford to borrow books anymore". I'm sure she was thinking, "you can't afford to have have such a naughty child."
We left the library that day with no books. Eventually I will be brave enough to have library books in my house and then I will guard them with my life!
The other night at dinnertime we put these baby cut outs under each of the children's plates. We said "we have a surprise for you, look under your plate". The whole meaning/symbolism idea was a little hard to grasp, but they finally understood that a new baby will be a part of our household in the future.
