vacation bible school (vbs)

we have done a lot of firsts this summer with little miss-disney, bowling, and now vbs. just like everything else- we explain it to her and she is really excited, but when it comes time for me to leave her there she freaks out and starts crying. it took me a while to calm her down and leave her with her group leaders, little man was even with her and tried talking to her. i think the thing that helped most was that i told her i had to help with the snacks and that if i didnt no one would get any snacks....and if you know my child....she loves to eat :)

the rest of the week i had dorrie take her into the opening celebrations and she did great, and even if she saw me during snacks she would still go with her group after snack time was over. everyday they had music time, bible story time, outside games, snacks, and crafts. she loved all of these! the theme was the rain forest and everything was tied into that theme. i helped out in the kitchen each morning with the snacks. so one morning we made pudding with "dirt and worms" and the kids got to layer the dirt and worms and then have fun eating it. another day we did chocolate covered bananas and then tropical fruit with fun colored fruit dip. so it was fun and something most all kids would eat and still tied into the rain forest theme. as did the crafts, and music, and all of the bible stories. i remember going to vbs at my grandmothers church in ky, and i always remember we had a lot of fun. but we def. didnt have themes or half of what they have these days! the fashion diva also got to participate and she loved learning the music and the dance moves that all went with it. mack-while she wont admit it- had fun too, but she was a group leader and got to help the kids with their stuff. they even got her on the last day, she thought she would be funny and not bring her bathing suit, but all of the kids helped to get her on the big water slides :)

it was really cool too, on the last day the kids did a program and all of the age groups got to participate and show the parents everything they had learned. even the little kids had fun.

here are a few pics of the whole week :)