Babytime at the library

We attended our first 'Little Babytime' at the Vancouver Central Library today, and I think Cole enjoyed it! I thought it was more of a storytime thing, actually, and expected to be able to hold Cole in my lap and veg out a little while someone else was entertaining, but it was actually more of a sing-along and activity group. The songs were cute and I did meet another really nice Mom there, and to boot I also got a good workout in my left leg what with all the baby bouncing that accompanied the songs! Cole seemed a little perplexed at the whole thing, but he was happy with the bouncing, singing and of course something from home to chew on.

We also finally found our way to the children's section of the library. Until now I've been requesting books online and just picking them up upstairs. The children's library is on the lower level, but you can't reach it using the elevator that seems obvious, from the lobby area... That only gets you to the washroom and conference rooms. On the plus side, you can also see the book sorting roller machines, if that seems interesting to you...

Cole and I had a good time after the group on our own perusing the baby and kids books. We found a good place to sit in a window nook (which for Cole meant sitting in the bucket of books for a good laugh) and we watched the pigeons splashing around in the fountain outside.

We picked up a good stack of books to bring home and Cole had a good time practicing his crawling skills too. He is crawling like crazy now, on his hands and knees most of the time. He can really get some good distance!