Bug Cards and Sumemr Reading

While we were in Portland last month, Nana let us use her library card since she knew we are always checking items out of our library here. Chance and I both love the library, not only were we able to check out regular children's books we also checked out books on Chief Joseph and other subjects specific to the Oregon area that our libraries here don't have on the shelf.
The Multnoma County Library (in Portland) was also hosting their annual Summer Reading Challenge while we were there, and since Chance loves to read we signed him up. He got a sticker for each 15 minutes we read or did a reading activity like listening to an audio book or working his word puzzles. There were four prize levels and with some hard work on our last day we were able to finish them all four.


The first two prizes Chance got to pick himself from a box full of little toys, he chose some really neat bug cards with pictures of bugs on them as well as info about each bug and a clicker which we have decided is an outside toy (it makes a lot of noise). His next prize was this awesome shirt he is wearing in all these pictures and his last prize was a bookplate which we got to put his name on and place inside any book in the library. The book he chose was The Button Box which we have never read but it's the one Chance picked so here he is holding the book with his bookplate inside.


A few days after we got home here in NOLA we got a surprise in the mail, it was one of Chance's bug cards in a pop up star card from Nana and Grandpa Von. It wasn't just any bug card either, it was Chance's favorite, his Dung Beetle card. We had accidentally left it behind and since Nana and Grandpa Von knew Chance would be looking for it they sent it to us right away. He is interested in all the bugs and asks us to read them all to him but the Dung Beetle is most definitely his favorite (I think because he gets to say the word "poop"). Thanks for sending it so fast.
Here is chance showing off his Dung Beetle card (the other bug cards and his pop-up star card are on the table) and these last two pictures are Chance playing at the park in his Summer Reading shirt. Swinging all by himself.