Sunday at the library with the balloon sculptor

Went to the dedication of Sayville's new public library yesterday. What a magnificent building. There were tours of the facility,live music,refreshments and activities for the children including a balloon artist.

There was a procession through town of people passing the last book from the old library to the new library. "A History of Early Sayville" published in 1935 by Clarissa Edwards, a descendant of one of the founding families and founder of the Sayville Historical Society. Once at the new facility there was a color guard,raising of the American Flag and comments by library staff and local dignitaries and finally the ribbon cutting.


On the main floor there was a display of local items including a map of early landowners included was the property once owned by relatives of our extended family. Pretty cool.


The children's area has plenty of tables,computer workstations and an enormous artificial tree. The princess pointed it out to me as we were approaching the area. I told here the contractors left the tree and put the building around it. She tells me "Mommy don't you know it's fake!" She chose a book from the shelf,we sat together and read. Then proceeded to wait for a balloon sculpture. The wait was comparable to lines for certain theme park rides, but not as hot.

We toured the whole place of course. The stacks/adult area is on the top floor,followed by young adult, the central circulation desk on the main floor,the children's area is below that and the art gallery and meeting rooms are on the lowest level.

The princess wants to go visit every day. I think she's hoping the balloon guy might be there! Well it's time to get ready for another exciting day of adventure with the princess and captain chaos aka dad.