This weekend we have a visitor, Aunt Marianne (David’s younger sister). She flew in from Indianapolis last night and will be with us until Sunday. This morning, since Marianne is a bookstore lover like me, we traveled down to the SouthPark area of Charlotte to visit Joseph-Beth Booksellers. I have wanted to visit this bookstore since we moved here! It’s a nice, roomy, eclectic independent store. The children’s section is wonderful, with a great mix of classics old and new, and educational toys and games.

We had a great time…I bought some new books for school off the clearance rack. I also “bought” a new candle and candleholder that the kids obviously wanted me to have…they broke it within minutes of our arrival.