More Learning at the Library

 I've been sharing Levi's progress at the library for over a year now! These photos are from a recent trip where a lot of learning occurred. First off, Levi has discovered that there are baskets available to tote your selections around in! I can't help but wonder if this reminds him of one of his beloved trips to the grocery store. He was able to get some heavy work in as he added a few things into the basket here and there. I had enough presence of mind to take a picture of the things he chose: a travel book about Florence, a video about the Trail of Tears, and a culinary arts DVD about food pairings. In case you're wondering, I did not actually bring them home with us... not this time. I must say that he looked rather comical at times as he struggled to lug his treasures (as well as ours) from place to place and up and down the stairs.

The bottom picture was taken in the elevator. I had never introduced Levi to the interior elevators at the library. Up to this point he had always taken the steps up and down between floors inside the building. I was a goner as soon as I decided to take him in this elevator! He quickly discovered that he could run ahead of me up the stairs to the third floor and push the elevator button at the top to ride down. And then do the whole thing over and over and over. I was able to stay with him enough that he never got on the elevator alone and we took probably a dozen trips exploring and taking in every little detail. I have a feeling that he was memorizing the layout of the library, but I have no way of knowing this for sure.

It was finally time to leave and Levi became aware of yet another elevator on our way out. Having had enough, I successfully navigated him away from it only to have him run noisily ahead of me across the bridge, out the doors, and to the parking deck elevators. He pushed the button, the doors quickly opened, he hopped on, the doors closed, and he was gone just like that. One of us went down the stairwell while another of us headed up. I found him one floor up standing in front of the elevator waiting for the door to open for him. I was not a happy mama and let him know as much.

I suppose this is all part of the learning process for him, however exhausting it is for me both physically and mentally. Life is always an adventure with this little guy of mine.

Thanks, Lord, for Your protection. Let my strength always be sufficient for whatever each day brings. It's only because of You that I could ever dream of doing this. You are so good!