Library

We went to the library for Pajama Night. The kids all wear their PJs for storytume. Much bigger turnout than the events we've gone to in the past and a really diverse age range - kids as young as 2 and as old as 10. The theme was Black History Month and I was really impressed with how much the kids knew. Maybe I sugar coat too much? We've had a lot of discussion about same sex marriage and oppression as a general topic, but it's mostly been "some people don't / didn't think XYZ is / was ok, so they made laws against it / hurt other people". Part of it is that Connor tends to be really empathetic and I have apprehension about making him sad as well as well as how much is age appropriate. But there were kids tonight who are the same age who knew that MLK had been assassinated and what slavery was. They knew who Jackie Robinson was and why he was so important. It's making me rethink the way I'm going to approach these topics in the future. 

We read a book about Jackie Robinson and the activity was about dreams. The kids filled in a booklet asking what their dreams were for when they grow up, listing things they would need to be good at to achieve those dreams. Connor wrote that he wanted to be a doctor, a pilot, or a hockey player. He was able to list that he would need to be good at "being in time for games" and "keeping pucks away" for the last one. We are going to work in the other two tomorrow. 

We were going to go to the Harrison library tomorrow morning for a puppet show but Connor has been a little whimpery and restless in his sleep tonight and I suspect he may be coming down with something. He seemed a little off this evening - more tired than usual. Hopefully it is nothing!