We are definitely loving VBX (that’s what Erin calls it). The kids…seriously…are having a blast! I so appreciate the ladies who are working in the rooms with my kids – they are doing more good than they will ever know.
Megan was moved to the 2-year VBS class because of space issues (she’s 20 months), and while she’s definitely not up to that level in some ways (they usually carry her places because she can’t follow along with the group), I know she’s having a blast. Our good friend is teaching the 2s this year, so that is a huge part of her success, I know. But still, it’s fun to hear her learn her verses (“belt oh trooff”! she says) and be so proud of her crafts. And oddly, by the time nap is over, I really miss her. She’s quite a character to have around, so being in a different room all morning, then going straight to naps when we get home, means I don’t get nearly my usual dose of Megan. Oh well…it’s good for all of us, I suspect.
As for me…I’m running a nursery room this week. Loving it is probably not the most accurate description, but the kids are cute, and it’s still the kind of “help” for VBS that I like to do. I have 3 teen girls helping me watch 11-13 kids, ages 10-22 months. There’s a roughly 8/4 boy-girl split, and my boys are the needy ones. At moments…a lot needy. And the poop factor…yikes! As I’m the only adult, I have to change every diaper. Again…yikes. But then again, their little faces just light up when you build towers for them to knock over. They love to have little books read to them, and they are all, for the most part, surviving the craziness very well.
I have one little guy with extreme allergies…and WOW has that been eye-opening. He’s so fun (just a great little personality) and I respect his momma like crazy. Having to be constantly vigilant about everything that comes near him (and trying to keep him away from every milk cup and snack the other kids are pulverizing into crumbs and dropping on the floor because he can’t have it), what an uphill battle all the time. Truly, I had no idea. So if your kids have allergies – wow – you rock! Because man, I didn’t even know how much I have to be thankful for that my kids are not allergic to anything. Just this little taste of her world is opening my eyes. Wow!
So, that’s where we are at the halfway point. We have two more days of VBS and then a day of birthday party/Father’s Day stuff, then church, then reality again. Sometime in there I need to get gifts/cards and actually look over my sunday school lesson for this week. I have to find a way to cover “God makes things grow” without wanting to beat my head against a wall. This is a lesson that doesn’t have a Bible story attached, just a Psalm that it’s “based on” – so it’s hard to connect it well to the kids without just going “…and flowers grow and kids grow and babies grow and everything grows – and God makes them grow!” See…gotta find a better in than that for sure!
Anyway, I guess that’s all I’ve got for now. Happy Wednesday!
