We're off to the Early Childhood Resource Center! {It's a library}



It's well worth the trip to the nook and cranny of the W. Village where you'll find this amazing library on the 2nd floor of a very old building at 66 Leroy Street that is not yet renovated with an elevator. So be ready to park your stroller at the door and lug baby and other personal belongings up the stairs while all the child-less folk breeze in and out of the easily-accessible 1st floor library. {This mommy-thing doesn't get any easier, does it?}




In addition to the expanse of literature that covers the spectrum of all things baby related {I'm talking from pre-pregnancy to all stages of child develpment to kid's lit, parent magazines, DVDs and old school cassette tapes and VHSs...oh! and a book sale rack where everything goes for either $1 or 25-cents}, what's super cool about the place is the indoor play area open everyday from 1-5:30pm {except for Sundays and Mondays when the library is closed}. I mean, both Hayes and his good friend Malcolm cried when it was time to go. {Granted, they ARE toddlers and really sensitive about...well, just about everything}. But every kind of safe, age appropriate and size appropriate play thing imaginable is there. And if you can get over the 3-minute cell phone rule {no kidding! it's posted all over the place} and the restroom with questionable sanitation {bring your own everything just to be safe}, it's a very cool place to be on a perfectly cloudy day like today.



Malcolm and Hayes take turns napping. But no rest for the truly weary, of course.