Julie's Journal : Catching Up!

Since I haven't posted anything in awhile, I thought I'd do a catch up with a few pictures from some events and activities this spring.  

Our kid's crochet group has continued all spring.  Several of the girls are finishing up projects.  Here, Addison has a completed scarf and Gianna has finished a tie for her hair.  We also have Octopus toys in progress, as well as scrunchies, scarves, and bags.  

Marvelous Mondays has been going strong.  We just have a few sessions left before the end of the school year.  Here we have learned a trick for balancing 11 nails on the head of just one nail.  I also showed the kids this tilting maze.  They had to manipulate a metal ball through the maze without falling in a hole.  It is very tricky!

Lisa has refreshed the front of the building for spring.  Doesn't it look nice?  The hydrangeas have really bloomed out beautifully this week.

We've also been having fun this spring with a new-to-us event... Storytime!  Once a month Lisa is reading books to kids ages 2-5 and following them with a craft.  Next Tuesday, May 10, at 10:00 is the next session, so be sure to bring your pre-school aged kiddos.

This week, we have been working on putting new books on the shelves.  Getting new books is quite an involved process.  We have to enter the books into our system, then print and apply stickers with both the barcode and spine information.  We have to stamp each book with our identifying information and then if the book is a hardcover with a dust jacket, we have to wrap the dust jacket in plastic for protection.  Learning to wrap books is one of the first things I teach new hires to do!  Here Jeltje is wrapping new non-fiction books.  See the cart behind her full of new books to be processed?

The Community Tiny Art Project has been a big success.  We will have all the submissions displayed through the month of May.  The projects are quite diverse and we have enjoyed seeing how creative our community is.

We have also had good turn-outs all spring at Creative Hands - our craft group for adults, Movies with Friends, and the Circle of Friends book club.  We are gearing up now for Summer Reading and other summer activities.  Be sure and look for our Calendar of Events at the front desk.  We have something for everyone!