Girl's Night Out

Avery and I are fresh from a school night outing for dinner and a story, just us girls. Earlier this week, I discovered that our local library branch was hosting a "Polar Express Pajama Rama" this evening, and knew that Avery and I had to be there. Conveniently, the Polar Express Pajama Rama coincided with Chick-fil-A family night, so Avery was a very cheap dinner date. We even ran into Avery's school friend, Naomi, and her parents, so sat next to them. Avery was pretty unfazed by their presence as she gobbled up an entire nugget kids meal (with ketchup) and drank all her milk!

The Polar Express reading was enjoyable, and though Avery was a little unsure of the lights going off at first, she settled in with me to listen to the story. She thought the special sound effects were pretty neat, and enjoyed seeing the book's pages on the big projector screen. A couple of teens sitting nearby even giggled when she recognized Santa and exclaimed "Nanta Claus!"

After the reading was over, we did a craft together. Avery doesn't mess around when a glue stick is involved! We passed on the hot cocoa, but Avery did go for the cookies, then set about finding some new books to check-out and read. After perusing the library's entire board book selection, she chose two: "Go Dog. Go!" and "Curious George's ABCs." I opted for a more mature choice, the newly released "As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto."

On our way out, we made a stop to check out the library's dozens of decorated trees!

And last but not least, we took a self-portrait to commemorate our outing. Here's to a new holiday tradition at our local library!