Addie-speak...

Addison's got a huge, fairly articulate vocabulary, but there are a few words that we totally understand (hey, that's a parent's job, eh?), but may seem entirely unintelligible to anyone else. Go ahead, take the Addie test and find out if you can Addi-speak! Post your answers and we'll see! Good luck to you all :-)

1. Libree
2. Sladid
3. Ovelive
4. deritis!
5. pilglet
6. peetha

On another note, we have added to our family! We bought 2 goldfish over the weekend (gotta start small!) and Addison loves pressing her face up against the tank, "kissing" the fish, and holding her toy teaups against the glass, to "feed" the fishies coffee. Quite cute. As for names, we decided we were going to let Addison do this one. We figured that 1 of them would be named Dorothy (from Elmo's World"), but she ran right up to the fish tank with a big smile on her face screeching, "DOROTHYSSSS!". So both of our fish are named Dorothy :-)

Big News!!

No, I'm not pregnant!! Bet some of you were thinking that!! No, my news is more career-related. Just a couple of days ago, I gave my notice to the Cambridge Library, where I've been a reference librarian for almost a year. It was actually a tough decision, as I love being a public librarian (I LOVED being a childrens librarian, and really enjoyed being part of reference services). My problem really had nothing to do with the actual job, which was great. The problem has been that my position requires that I work every single Saturday and Sunday, plus at least 1 evening a week. Financially, the hours were okay, not wonderful, but adequate. Often I was able to pick up extra shifts which was great, but usually they were evening shifts. It was at the point that Dan would be working the entire day, I would drop Addie off at his work, then head off to work myself. So as a family we were going days without being all together. Which sucked!!

Soooo, I am embarking on a career as a Library Director at one of the local Christian colleges out here. My first day will be Sept. 2. It will be a complete change for me, as I will be the only "librarian"on staff, working with a library assistant and circulation staff and students. The job itself sounds like a challenge and will certainly keep me busy (collection development, library policy, staffing, reports, meetings...and so on! No more pointing out the direction of the latest Janet Evanovich and James Patterson books!). But I am looking forward to it. It is close to home, I don't work evenings or weekends, and it's still p/t (but with more hours than I was getting at the public library). I'm kind of nervous, but excited too.

Now to just forget all I know about Dewey Decimal and immerse myself in the fascinating world of Library of Congress - drat!!!!!

"Mormoner"

Addison LOVES books and we are just starting to get away from the board books and into the regular picture books...that is, until pages become all ripped up once again. Anyways, one of her favorite books right now is the Robert Munsch book, Mortimer. As a (*former, and *future) children's librarian, this was one of my favorite books to read at storytime for all the kiddies, so I am quite excited when she comes running up with the book and says, "Mormoner...Read...Story!" Isn't it cute when the words don't entirely come out right yet?! If you've never read it and you have little kids, look for it at your local library - or better yet, add it to your collection at home!