Vacation Bible School

The kids and I have been at VBS all week, where the theme was "Weird Animals."

 

I was the 1st grade crew leader, which meant I got to stay with Nate all day!! (Plus 17 more kids. 14 of which were boys. Needless to say, even though I was only there for 4 hours each day, it was a long week! :)

 

We started off each morning with a skit from "Skeeter," this adorable college guy/character who helps with VBS every year. (I swear he is a saint!) The kids adore him and he loves to sing so therefore, the kids have a ball with him.

 

Then, each class rotates between 6 different stations: Bible Adventures, Music, Movie, Imagination Station, Snack/Saints, and Games. We spend 25 minutes at each station, and then come together again at the end to practice the song we learned that day.

 

Both my kids look forward to VBS every summer and so do I! We got a copy of the songs this year so we are jammin' every time we're in the van now :) Here's a little peek into our week at VBS:

 

Day 1

 Day 2

Day 3

Nate held a FERRET! I could not believe my eyes!!

Day 4

Day 5

 

Proof that Nate touched the Bearded Dragon, at least for a second

 

 

Today, for the last 30 minutes, all 100 kids (!) gathered in the church to practice the 3 songs they had learned all week. They are going to be performing in mass tomorrow night, but we will miss it. (We will be on our way to the beach!!) So, I wanted to take a video of at least a little bit of the rehearsal. (Don't mind the technical issues with the cd player! Hope they get that worked out before mass tomorrow night!)

 

Click here to watch/hear the kids practicing their song "All Around the World." (Abby is on the front row, left hand side. And Nate is on the second row, right hand side.)