We are in the middle of a whirlwind week.
I spent most of last week prepping VBS stuff during nap time and whenever else I could. Set-up started at 3 in the afternoon on Sunday (yesterday), and I needed to get everything on my list done.
Then Eric announced that his grandparents 60th wedding anniversary was on Sunday and there would be a family dinner at the farm. Um…crap.
As there was no way I was going to get my stuff done by Friday night, I ended up sending my family off without me early on Saturday morning. I stayed home and knocked out the rest of my list, cleaned up the house a bit, packed some stuff, dropped off my VBS stuff at the church so it would be there when things got started on Sunday, and headed for the farm.
I hung out, went to church yesterday morning, and after dinner and cake and ice cream, I came back by myself, heading straight for the church. I got there about 4:30, checked in my with friend who was running our rooms until I got there, and then headed off to take on the two rooms she wasn’t working on yet. We worked and organized and decorated. The first time I looked up, it was 7:45. Yikes. I worked until just before 9:00 and headed home. The kids were in bed, but barely, so I got to say goodnight and let them know that VBS started in the morning (Erin’s been begging to go for about 10 days…she was more than stoked at my announcement). Then it was bed for me and Eric, too.
This morning, I got up early. I work the nursery for VBS, watching the workers’ kids so they can be free to help the actual VBS-ers. And we have to be there 15 minutes before everyone else so they can drop their kids off. Which means that on Day 1…we have to leave the house by 8:00 am. With three kids, 3 and under. Yeah…it’s crazy. But thankfully, we made it in great time today. It started to rain while we drove, stopped while we walked in and VBS got started and then poured all morning. But it was down to a light sprinkle by the time everything was done. VBS ends at noon, so after all the workers came for their kids, we cleaned up and headed home.
Today we got home at 1:00. We had lunch and headed straight for naps. And thankfully, tomorrow, we don’t have to be there until 8:30. Those extra 15 minutes make a world of difference, let me tell you!
But it’s definitely a whirlwind week. And then we have a family birthday party/father’s day thing on Saturday. I teach Sunday School on Sunday. And then it’s back to our regularly scheduled programming (i.e., normal life!).
Man…maybe I need to go take a nap, too!
Happy Monday!
