thrifting//the books

Our new hometown has an abundance of thrift stores, So of course that's where I went monday night on my 'i-have-to-get-out-of-the-house-without-kids-or-i-may-go-crazy night'. And what did I end up buying?

Things for the kids. Of course.

Out of sight (once in awhile) = therapeutic

Out of mind = impossible

We've started reading chapter books to the kids at night - for some continuity in routine and to help develop memory skills and blah blah blah. And they love it. The only catch is that the chapters need to be short and the narrative not too complex, which narrows the field considerably - at least for the two of us who are chomping at the bit to start Narnia and The Hobbit and on and on and on like that we go. Thanks to this lovely little list though we found some direction. 

And now thanks to a little thrifting we have a good start. Plus a few extra. 

Someday little fingers will be turning these pages on their own. And that is a wonderful little thought to hold onto.