Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A month since the last post,but really nothing is much different....

It has been polar vortex, followed by snow storm, mix and repeat since early January.  The collection of memes going through facebook lately pretty much says it all:



Last Friday we were the coldest place in the country according to a local weatherman.



And then this one pretty well sums up the average temperatures around here.

This one came from our neighbors to the west, but really, it could just as well say Indiana.


While the weather has dominated much of what has gone one this month, it hasn't all been cold and snow.  There was this warm moment at work a couple of weeks ago:
A library moment...

Had an older sister (about 8 or 9) and a younger sister (about 5 or 6) at Tuesdays With Stories this afternoon. Younger sister tells me "I can't read."

We read the story "The magic backpack" by Julia Jarman. Younger sister sees the word "eggs" and recognizes it. As we read the story together she is more willing to sound out words and recognizes words we've already used. She's very into the story and eagerly turning pages to find out what will happen next. Older sister is hanging over shoulder to watch this, but not actively joining in. We finish the book and older sister wants to play a game with younger sister, so they do.

Thirty minutes later, I'm shelving in the same area. Younger sister tells older sister that now they have to read a book because they've played a game. Older sister somewhat reluctantly agrees. They start in on a book, older sister reading all the way through. Younger sister says "Stop! I know that word!" Older sister begins to read with finger pointing to the words she's reading and stopping when younger sister recognizes a word and lets her read. By end of story younger sister is reading almost the whole page. Older sister turns to younger sister and says "I didn't know you could read so good." Younger sister says "I didn' t know I could read so good either."

Two READERS will leave the library today!

Perhaps we have finally seen the coldest and snowiest part of winter pass us by. The long range forecasts do look a bit warmer and less snowy.

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