God is at the library!

While the boys and Katie would love to be read to for hours, Sophie wouldn't even sit for a minute and look at a book with me. Sad face.

This just will not do! 

So our fist trip to the library was 2 days after we returned home! She had a great time playing with the toys, but wasn't interested in looking at books. So I picked out the books. 

I was able to get her to sit for a couple of books. She didn't like it one bit at first, but I insisted. 

Then we had to return the next Monday to the library because Zack had to get a book he had put on hold.  As I tried to interest Sophie in picking out books I prayed, asking God to  help me in picking out books that I could "read" to her with the few Mandarin words I know, or tell a story with the pictures...something to get her interested in sitting with me and a book! She buzzed by a shelf randomly pulling off 5 books. Or so it seemed! She did actually ask me for a "tutsa" (bunny) book and what "happened" to be sitting right on the shelf in front of me? Face up, not shelved like it should have been: Peter Rabbit! Perfect. A story with a lesson, too, about being a good bunny and not a naughty bunny!! :) She knows these words: good and naughty!

But the best book that we brought home has been the one that has 2 words: Banana, and please...it is about 2 monkeys. 

One monkey with a banana.

The other monkey WANTS the banana!

The monkey yells, screams and throws a fit to get the banana and then says "please?" The first monkey gives him the banana and then he's sad because he no longer has a banana! The other monkey finally SHARES the banana and they are both happy! 

How perfect is THAT! I read it to her and she got it and laughed! Then last night Daddy and I acted it out with a paper banana! She LOVED it! Today she cut out her own paper banana and got Zack to act out the book with her, then did it again with Baba when he got home! It's priceless! I hope to get her drama debut on video and post it!