RSS5: Browsing Barnes and Noble
Apr 07
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Well, we didn’t have much of a plan for Tuesday evening so we decided to head to our local Barnes and Noble for some book browsing; something for everyone!
Lynne spent most of her time looking through the enormous cook book section while the boys rooted their way through the childrens’ books. I dabbled here and there through biographies, current events, and some critical thinking sections.
The boys started flooding me with requests so I opened the purse strings just a little bit and gave them free reign to select a book within a budget of five dollars. This made for a great lesson in price awareness and gave me an opportunity to show the boys how to find the price on a book. There was a momentary confusion between U.S. and Canadian pricing, but once that was cleared up I was thrilled to see them hunting for books, checking pricing, and deciding on an acceptable value.
Reiley picked on of my all time favorites; Flat Stanley (the original story). I remember reading that one when I was about his age, so this was a cool choice for me. Kaiyan predictably selected a Spongebob storybook. Wishing he had selected a new subject with which to impose on the scope of his imagination, I approved with the hope that this would at least motivate him to do more reading.
The library-like setting was a nice break from the typical hustle and bustle of our more regular outings, and we all came home with some new ideas, and in a relaxed mood to get back into our nightly Harry Potter adventures. We’re on book three and I am doing the reading this time. Lynne and the girls devoured the Harry Potter books within seconds of each publication; the boys and I are going through for our first time and watching the movies after each reading.
Barnes and Noble may not be the most exciting thing on our list of 101 things to do in Utah, but we enjoy it and will certainly call this a ‘family night out’ a few more times before our list is complete.
