The Library Circus?

So, I have been looking for some new books to read lately, yet, not wanting to spend money buying them... so I have become a regular at our local library. It is a very small library, and they do not have many books at all, especially new ones, but I am trying to extinguish all other options before breaking down and buying more books. Did I say the local library is small? Okay, just checking!

So, as you can imagine, the idea of taking 4 book loving boys to the library with me sounds like a death threat. I mean, I am pretty sure the crazy bus would have to pick me up at the door on the way out after the nervous breakdown I would have on the inside. So, I try to go when I just have Holden with me. A much better option, right? WRONG!

Apparently, Holden thinks that the library is as good as the circus. It brings him great joy to break free from me and run squealing as fast as he can through the rows of books, (pulling them off as he goes, mind you), while trying excitedly to hide from me. He then proceeds to squeal louder, in an effort to say, "Nanny Nanny Boo Boo, you can't catch me!" Have I mentioned how small the library is? EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE LIBRARY can hear our interaction. His squealing, and me... frantically trying to get catch him, while shushing him as quietly and as firmly as possible (very hard, by the way). Why don't you just put him in the stroller, you may ask? Oh, let me tell you why! Because in the stroller, he flails, kicks, and screams, thrusting himself back and forth as if I have him strapped into some type of electric shock table and it is going to get him at any moment. Oh, no! Crazy Library Boy needs to be free to savor the joy of the library circus.

In the meantime, I have some very random books to read, many LARGE PRINT EDITION because that was all they had...did I mention how small the library is? Can you get banned from the library? We may be a first!