"Our School Library" Project Complete!

Sorry for the lack of blog posts this week. My DH had a long weekend, and on the heels of that, Grammy is here for a visit. Last Thursday we began what was to be a long weekend of projects. We were going to work until we got all the projects done. It was well intended, but we managed to get only 1 1/2 projects done, the biggest one being the school library. When we set out to do this project, I thought it would take us about 2 hours or so to complete it. HA! More like 3 days! There were times I shook my head in frustration at the pace we were going, not because of the kids, but because of interuptions, especially when we were getting on a good role, but dinner has to be made, and so on. Masha' Allah, the Professors did an excellent job helping out, and I think the library means so much more to them, that they put it together, Alhumdullilah.

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Getting Started on Phase 2

After we labeled and shelved our Islamic books, I cleared the bookshelf, and the Professors and I sorted all the books into 3 categories, baby books, story books and educational books.

We labeled educational books yellow, baby books pink and story books orange

Each sticker sheet had twelve stickers in a row, and we used two stickers on each book. I had the Professors do one sheet of stickers, each person taking a category, and I did the rest, and I did all the baby books, with some random help from Professor #3 (who was alot more interested in playing with window clings, Masha' Allah) When each Professor was done with their stack, I asked them to shelve the books. Masha' Allah, this entire project was worth it when I noticed, Professor #1 checked the label on the book before putting it away. Alhumdullilah!

Here is our completed library. Educational and Islamic books are on the top. Story books are in the middle, and baby books are at the bottom. 

Its not as decluttered as I thought it might have been, but Masha' Allah, we have a system, and it works for us, Alhumdullilah.