Too hasty

Yesterday morning, we took a leisurely walk down to the library. We didn't have books due back or something on hold to pick up, but I was desperate to get out of the house and have some adult conversation - even if it was just a thirty-second chat with a librarian!

We did end up with some new books for Liam (in addition to crafting him a glittered pharoah's crown and colouring a scarab beetle for a chance to win a prize - methinks it's Egypt Week at the library), which he would normally dive into the moment we're in the door from our trip. Not yesterday, though. Yesterday we walked in the door, and he immediately started asking where his lawnmower book was. I racked my brain trying to think of what book of his has lawnmowers in it, and then I remembered something Chad told me once: the lawnmower book is the Sears catalogue (summer edition only), or even the Canadian Tire catalogue. Anything with pictures of lawnmowers in it. I found a satisfactory catalogue and Liam then spent nearly an hour looking through it. The new library books are still untouched.

I wish I had known about the lawnmower book when I did this page for Liam's scrapbook. Sadly, it's already been printed and shipped and inserted into the album. I think the idea of the lawnmower book is a funny little detail to the story. Perhaps there'll need to be an addendum someday.

Here are a few more recent pages.