The loooooong weekend!

Once again, we’re gearing up for a long weekend. If you need books, make sure you drop in on Saturday to stock up.  We’ll be closed Sunday and Monday. And don’t worry about trying to return books during those two days….we don’t put out the blue return box when we’re not open.  Keep everything until Tuesday, and we’ll make sure it gets checked in properly.

Library Hours:

Friday, May 17 …….OPEN 9:30am – 5:30pm

Saturday, May 18……OPEN 10:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday, May 19…….CLOSED

Monday, May 20……CLOSED

 

Have a safe and happy long weekend!

Holiday Closures

Easter Eggs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As we come up to the long holiday weekend, the library will be closed on certain days.  Here is the schedule as follows:

Friday, March 29/13  CLOSED

Saturday, March 30/13  Open 10am – 5pm

Sunday, March 31/13 CLOSED

Monday, April 1/13 CLOSED(…and no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke!)

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Make these for Easter!

It’s time for a Frivolous Friday post!  And because it’s almost that time of year, I’m sharing a fun recipe I found for homemade Easter Creme Eggs!  Yes, I know you’re just as egg-cited as I am!

There is a beautiful food blog called Not Without Salt, and the brilliant Ashley there has devised a “healthier” version of the Easter Creme Egg that you can make at home. Maybe a little trickier than popping to the store and picking up a single egg (or a bag full of the mini version, please!), but your friends and family will be amazed that you made these yourself!

You can read Ashley’s full recipe right here on the Food 52 blog. There are gorgeous photos and the instructions look simple enough to follow. I might even whip up a batch of these this weekend…you know, just to try in case they don’t turn out for Easter.  

It was a Magic morning!

We made it to Friday!  And it was such a fun March Break! Yesterday, we visited the Carleton Place Arena where illusionist Chris Pilsworth dazzled us with his amazing magic!

We had LOTS of people in attendance and it was a great morning to be tucked inside a warm building. Good thing Chris was HILARIOUS!

He started everything off with a wonderful trick involving a young girl from the audience.  She was shy to begin with, but boy…did she turn out to be a great assistant!

She used some of her own magic skills to help him put a magic cape back together…..

And then…..it turned into a hat!

She was not impressed!

Later, Chris developed a problem when using a red whistle…..

One whistle….two whistles….three whistles….

And we all enjoyed his stylish dance moves! (Plus, where DID he get those orange pants??)

But it was the big finale that got us all laughing! Thanks to Wes in the back row (who was texting to his wife when Chris plucked him from the audience), and Shelly (who probably had no intentions of participating in a magic trick when she got up this morning)…we watched a funny skit play out that included a BIG jug of water, a rubber duck and a piece of paper. WOW!

Nobody got wet,  but everyone was amazed!  It was an exciting morning.

You can see more of the photos on our Facebook page later this week! If you didn’t come to this event, why not?  We do LOTS of fun things at the library all the time. Keep watching for more events coming soon!

It’s Elephant and Piggie Day!

Sadly, it’s our last babytime this morning.  We’ve had such fun little sweeties join us for the last six weeks that I’m going to miss them!

And just because we couldn’t have a March Break week without inviting all our young storytime friends, it’s Elephant and Piggie Day!

The fabulous picture book author Mo Willems has created such a well loved series of books based on a pair of unlikely friends that we just had to celebrate them!

We’re having a drop-in all afternoon today (1:30pm-5:30pm) for parents and children aged 2 – 5. The library will be all decked out in these wonderful characters and there will be plenty of fun.

Stop by, do a craft, play a game, hear a story and take out some books.  It’ll be almost like storytime….without the sticks! (Storytime parents will know what this means…and probably be thrilled!)

We can’t wait to see you! 

Craft-o-Rama!

Today is Craft-o-Rama at the library!  We’re expecting a room full of kids who are looking forward to creating some fun things to take home. Curiosity has been building as we’ve asked each participant to bring an old t-shirt. No, not to wear an old t-shirt….bring one. We’re going to be cutting them up!

What exactly are we making today? A great bag out of nothing more than a t-shirt, scissors and a safety pin! You can find all the instructions on how to make your own right here.

And since we’ll need one more fun thing to make, we’re going to try our hands at some easy and amazing friendship bracelets! Look at all these great colours!  It’s going to be partly a take-home project, but it’ll give everyone something to do while they’re on vacation this week.

Everyone loves crafts!