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Here's Jack sitting in the chair in the new library that has his name on the plaque on the back. The dragonfly is a cutout, as you can see if you look closely at Jack's finger poking through. There were lots of kids and parents at the first storytime in the new children's section. There are a lot of chairs with plaques so I don't think we'll have any problem if another kid sits in Jack's chair.
Jack liked looking out the window down onto Wilder and Chenery Streets. We found several truck books and played with Emma on the alphabet rug. I want to go back tomorrow!
In the middle of Papa's recuperation, he was cheered by a visit from Jack and Greg. Jack just came in and took over. Papa had a new road roller for him, which Jack put to work in the dirt pile outside the family room door. Greg and Jack put together a lego ambulance in various configurations and Jack acted out terrible crashes involving trucks with the ambulance guy arriving to help out.
Jack and Nana walked up Whitney to see an excavator working on the site of a new house. For dinner, we all had delicious homemade chicken pot pie from Stacy. Jack slept with Nana in the master bedroom and everyone got at least some sleep. Papa and Nana were really sad when Greg and Jack left early on Wednesday, but we've been enjoying recounting some of the cute things Jack did while here. Alex was really sorry he was too scruffy to get a goodbye kiss on the cheek.
With the Glen Park Library in transition, we've been visiting other libraries. Wednesday, it was time to tackle riding BART down to the Main Library on Larkin Street. Jenny and Emma were our guides as we learned how to buy our ticket, manuveur both of us through the turnstile, ride the escalator, and board the train. I think the whole time we were at the library, Jack was anticipating riding BART home. The rides were probably his highlight.
The new Main Library is beautiful, six stories above ground and one below, all arranged around a six or seven-story atrium. Jack was uncomfortable in the atrium, which is "too big." Once we entered the children's section on the second floor, we found a wonderful storyteller acting out a folktale to a small group of older children. She tried to guess the children's names by asking how many letters and the first letter. Jenny said, "Emma, how many letters in your name"? Everyone laughed. The storyteller could not guess Jack's name until we supplied both the first and last letter.
Next we chose three truck books and joined Emma and Jenny in the room for toddlers. Emma had found a book for Jack and Jack found a book for Emma, "Bear About Town." We rode the elegant elevators and Jack reminded us of the cafeteria in the basement where we had quite a pleasant lunch until Jack decided to practice his Billygoat sqreeching and I hustled him out.
That afternoon, Jack built an escalator, a BART platform, a BART train, and a library with his blocks. The workingmen ate avocado and cheese sandwiches in the cafeteria.
On Thursday, Jack again played at building a BART station and then we spent an hour at the Hill Park. Much of the day we were Nerkey and Chew working on the construction site in Jack's room (Jack was reported to be riding a fire engine and putting out fires).
