VBS, Days 1-4, in a very large nutshell

In a perfect world, I would have done a post everyday after VBS with all the cuteness of the day like last year.  But this is not a perfect world (ha!), and my computer has DIED.

I’m very sad.  I don’t know what I’m going to do about it.

But today my mother offered me hers for 24 hours, so I’m blogging!!  I also finally got around to going through all the pictures I took last week at our Musikgarten “photo shoot.”  I’m not going to install and take the time to play with Photoshop Elements on my mom’s computer.  I really don’t have the time and I’m exhausted!  So I just used Picasa to do some cropping and maybe a teeny bit of color correcting.  I’ll share my favorites here at some point.

For now, though, I want to write about our fun week at Vacation Bible School!

Monday was yellow day, and our “ocean insight” was Depend on God.

James would not stand by the girls.  BUT, he would run around and around them, so it kind of looks like he’s standing next to Natalie.

Then I looked around for something to set my camera on for a timer shot, and decided on the giant trash bin – sturdy and just the right height.  Smelly though.

James gets such a kick out of me sprinting across the driveway with him that he’s always smiling in these shots.  :)

I learned that I own exactly one yellow shirt, and it’s from my first year of teaching.  Awww…

I helped in the 1st grade again this year (love that age!), but I got to do lots of spying on Joanna.  She was in the main part of VBS this year (as opposed to the preschool or nursery), and we did all the same activities, just at different times.

Tuesday was red day – “Dare to Care.”  The trashcan was in the street that morning, so we were too.  :)

We must have been running early that day because I took a lot of pictures of the kiddos.  They’re so cute!

James and Natalie have the same face on in this picture:

I think Natalie looks so pretty here.

Wednesday was blue day – “Claim the Name.”

The theme this week was something along the lines of diving into God’s word (Operation Overboard!) and the stories each day had something to do with water.

Hence the boat:

Apparently when I registered online, I ordered a shirt for myself but not Joanna.  I must have been sleepy or something because that was backwards.  :)  I’ve gotten Joanna a shirt every year for VBS I think.  So on Wednesday morning we checked to see if they had extra bitty ones, and they did.  It made her happy.  :)

I’m sure next year I’ll have to get one for Natalie too.  Right now she’s just happy that she gets to be the first one to sleep in it after it’s washed.  That’s what we use our VBS shirts for.  :)

Joanna with one of her buds this week, Hannah.  She was in Joanna’s preschool class two years ago but moved away I think.  They came back for a visit or something (clearly I’m set on the details here), and Joanna has really enjoyed playing with her this week!

Hannah has definitely helped with the Anna withdrawal since she couldn’t come to VBS.

I spied on Joanna in games on Wednesday, and she was playing intently with the parachute.

In fact, I stood right in front of her for several minutes and said her name a few times before she noticed me.

I overheard Natalie’s teacher {LOVE the preschool teachers this year, btw} saying they were going to go over to drama with the Pre-K’s so I got to spy on both my girls while my kiddos were down the hall in science.

How cute is she?!!

Joanna’s head is at the bottom right of this next one.  :)

Today was purple day – “Follow Jesus”

Oh, it was so very very hard to get out of bed this morning.  The children, even though they’re exhausted, have been waking up a bit earlier each day this week.  Yuck.

This morning James tried to wake up at about 6:30, but due to my extreme inability to get out of bed, he eventually fell back asleep, and I had to wake him up at 8.

That’s why he has on his jammies in our purple picture.  He doesn’t have any purple clothes though, so it works.

I wandered around my kitchen while James was still sleeping, trying to come up with a good breakfast to send for him to eat at VBS without it being too much trouble.  I settled on a PJ&J and strawberries, since he LOVES himself a sandwich and can eat it pretty neatly.  Sadly, it was not until I went to drop him off that I realized/remembered that he can’t have peanut butter in the nursery.  So he got to come with me to the 1st grade room while he devoured an entire sandwich and a couple of strawberries.  It was pretty cute to hear several 7 year olds tell me James looks just like me.  :)

And I took him into the gym for a bit for music before taking him back to the nursery.

They brought the preschoolers in today!  Natalie is soooo cute with her moves!

I was planning on being good and going home for lunch, but my mom called and made me meet her at Wendy’s. 

I swear.

I lost track of exactly how many chicken nuggets everybody ate, but the four children polished off 25 all together.

That seems like a lot to me.  :)

I’ve never seen this boy eat like that!

And after all of that, Joanna at a junior deluxe cheeseburger.

James also ate some of the fruit off my mom’s salad.  And Natalie had some fries, her absolute favorite food.  I didn’t eat anything.  But that’s only because an hour and a half before I ate bbq meatballs and tater tots in the snack room.  Yuuuuuuuuuuumm.

Well, if you made it to the end of this enormous post, I applaud you!  Hopefully I’ll be able to come back soon.  I miss blogging regularly.  I have so many thoughts.  :)