Mommy: Do you want to go the library and help me return the books.
David: Ok!

Except. . .

David decides he is hungry, and he, and only he, will be allowed to push the buttons on the microwave.

Debby: Push the 2.
David waves his finger precariously.
Debby: That’s the 1.
Debby tries to hold his finger and put in on the right number and is rebuffed.
Debby: That’s the 7.
Repeat, repeat.
Debby: Yes, that’s the 2. Now push the 0.

After a few bites, David points out that he doesn’t have any socks on and runs into the bathroom to get them. They do not, at this point, get put back on his feet.

Debby realizes there are a few more library books upstairs and goes to get them. Bad choice. David follows. They then sit in the hallway and read through all three No, David books.

Rosie the Riveter has to sit down. David has to unwrap a calcium chew for Mommy. David decides his suitcase is the perfect thing for hauling library books. Then, of course, he has to fill it himself.

Everything shifts into high gear when Daddy helps with shoes and coats. Off go Mommy and David walking to the library.

When a fire truck comes by, sirens blazing, you have to stop and look. When there is broken cement in the sidewalk, you have to stop and look. When your suitcase gets stuck in the middle of the crosswalk, you stop and look, but Mommy hauls you across.

We arrive!

At the library, David puts all thirty books in the slot himself, manages to divest himself of his shoes, and pushes the buttons on the check out machine. In other words, it all goes smoothly.