Vancouver, WA

During the fall there are some really great events at the Library. My daughter Monks and I went to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library at the Mall where they had this fun Harvest Event that started at 3PM. The kids got to hear two stories for the Halloween season. The librarian who read the stories was wonderful. She had to make the noises in the first story when it was time; and with the other story, she was very animated, making the story come to life.

Then we played two rounds of Bingo, sorry to say that we didn’t win. When the kids won they where able to pick a prize out of the treasure chest. Since we didn’t win we didn’t get to see what was inside the chest.

They had a contest, with prizes, for the kids with costumes; but Monks’ costume is still in the planning stage, so she did not wear one today. Almost all of the kids who had costumes received a free book, which I think was really nice of the library. Monks was really sad she didn’t get a book, since she really loves them.
                           
After Bingo Monks made two crafts, one was a scarecrow and the other a wreath. All supplies where donated by the library for the projects. The crafts where really hands on to make sure that all the kids where able to have lots of fun, which was what it was all about; having fun. And everyone, no matter how late them came, had a chance to make something.
                           
Besides the crafts the kids where invited to help the library make a Scarecrow. They each got a chance to stuff the scarecrow as the staff put it together. We were informed that the scarecrow would be standing in front of the library door waiting to greet everyone who came in to get a book.

The library has many activities coming up and you could see us there; we might be the ones getting our prize out of the treasure chest.