VBS Week...

We had our first VBS at our new church this week. In the past we've done VBS (Vacation Bible School) at night from like 6 pm -9 pm and we only lived 5 minutes from the church. This week it was from 8:15 am to 12 noon! Did I mention we live 40 minutes from church! I tried to leave the house by 7:15 every morning. I had to get myself ready, the girls ready, breakfast and pack a lunch for us to eat on the way home. I refused to stop at McD's everyday.

The first day we had over 300 kids! The total went up daily! For the past few year at our old church I tried (in vain) to get them to do the boys vs. girls offering challenge. Well they do it every year at our new church and it was such a blast. Each day the boys and girls took turns winning. They collected over 1,488.00 worth of change!!!!!! I was so shocked. They would send a boy and girl from each class to pour their change into the buckets labled boys and girls. They would have two big boys hold each bucket steady. Then when all the change was collected the boys would let go and the bucket with the most change would swing towards the floor. The whole time you would have 300 + kids screaming "BOYS" "GIRLS" then the group that won would go crazy!!!!! It was so much fun. BTY we interpreters got really good at signing "Boys" and "Girls" at the same time. It's kind of like can you pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? hahaha

I worked with the deaf kids. We were low in numbers this year do to a local deaf camp running at the same time. But I tell you with the 6 kids we had .... we had a blast! One of the highlights of the week was seeing one of my deaf kids Ryan winning a trick bike Friday night during the rally. He was so shocked! I know that myself and several others were praying, "Please let one of our boys win!" Our prayers were answered!!!!

Each day that you attend VBS your name is added to the drawing for a new bike. They give a scooter to the preschool kids, a girl and boy bike to the kindergartners and a girl and boy bike to the 1st -6th graders.

What a week! By Friday the girls and I were so tired! We spent the afternoon with Mrs. S (the assistant pastors wife). She let us hang out so I would not have to drive home and come back for the rally and carnival Friday night. We all went swimming and had snacks and rested. Then it was back to church for the carnival. The girls were so tired but they had a blast. They got to spend their Billy Bucks (money earned during VBS), eat cotton candy, have lemonade and popcorn. I think they played all the carnival game 2 times each. Then we headed home. I think before I left town all 3 were sound asleep. They went straight to bed and woke up grumpy as all get out. So, now one is still napping the other two are watching cartoons and I'm ready for them to get back to bed....how long till 7:30 pm? lol