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It's Vacation Bible School Week!!

Jun 16, 2009
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I'm teaching Kaelin's 2nd grade class with my friend, Angie, and so far we've had a great week! We have music with one of the first grade classes and today there was discussion about what heaven is like. One of the first grader's said, "Heaven's like Chuck E. Cheese's." I suppose that's an accurate statement for a 7 year old!

On Outrigger Island, We Live God's Unshakeable Truth

Jun 21, 2008
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I survived another year of VBS. Just barely. We had a little boy in our class who is ADD, but was off his meds for the summer. Thank God Theresa had the patience to deal with him because I just didn't. I think part of his problem was ADD, and part of his problem was simply that he has no boundaries. It was crazy. But as a result, I've decided that I need to do some reading up on ADD. It's not something that I know a whole lot about. Same with autism...I need to do some reading on that, too. So if anyone reading this post can recommend some good resources on either of those conditions, please leave a comment and tell me.

Anyway...back to Outrigger Island. My kids had a blast at VBS, which I'm always grateful for. Brendan was in a class (that I handpicked) with all of his baseball friends, Collin had Sam in his class, and Kaelin *finally* had a friend in her class. She has bonded with a bunch of girls at school, but for some reason she has never really gotten close to any of the kids her age at church. Her friend, Cara, from school came to VBS this year and Kaelin was ecstatic when we found out she was in our class. Cara is a great kid, and I'm very happy that Kaelin has become such good friends with her.

Collin came home with a bag full of crafts from the week, and he insisted that I take a picture of him with each item. So, beginning with the fish tank that he made, here's Collin.

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And these are the glasses that he showed me and said, "I can see God with these glasses."

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And here is a very cute foam picture that he made.

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And here is Collin holding a picture of his VBS class.

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The rest of the pictures are Brendan and Kaelin and their friends. Everybody had a wonderful time, and hopefully they learned a thing or 2 about the love of God while they were on Outrigger Island.

Aloha!!

Jun 17, 2008
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That's not a word you hear very much in Texas. Outrigger Island is our VBS theme this year and it has been a BLAST!! My kids have enjoyed VBS more this year than they ever have. I'm teaching Kaelin's class for the second year, and I'm having a fantastic time, too. The theme is fun, my co-teacher is great, and it's nice to spend time with Kaelin. Yesterday, our class was very well-behaved, today they were a little less well-behaved, and I'm sure tomorrow will be an even more interesting day. We have a few boys that keep us on our toes, but you always have those kids. I don't know what's different about this year, but everything seems to be moving along without a hitch, and everyone involved seems to be enjoying themselves. No tears or temper tantrums yet, so I guess I'm doing something right!!

Anyone who has been reading my blog for at least a year will remember that I read the whole Harry Potter series last summer and loved it. This summer I'm going to read The Chronicles of Narnia. I've read The Magician's Nephew, and it took me a couple of chapters to get into it, but once I did I enjoyed it. I am up to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I'm already excited to begin reading it and I thought it was cool that Magician's Nephew told me why the wardrobe is magic. I'm looking forward to this next adventure.

My Favorite 4 letter word- FREE!!

Jun 7, 2007
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Free - it's a great word. Especially when something you like or want is free. Tonight from 8 - 12 our Sonic is giving away free root beer floats. How cool is that? They're about half the size of a regular root beer float, but, hey, they're free! But I mentioned that already.

In other news...tomorrow is the last day of Bible School. I have had a great time this week and it has truly been a privilege to see all of those kids at the church, having fun and learning important biblical truths. It's been a wonderful experience working with my dear friend, Wendy, and having Kaelin in my class. Kaelin is turning into such an individual it just blows my mind sometimes. Weeks like this one are the memories that moms tuck in their hearts and keep forever. I have also been shocked somewhat back into reality seeing the kids who are now in the youth group that I taught in VBS so many years ago. I specifically remember these 2 boys that I had when they were in 5th grade. Several years ago they were the class clowns who lived in their own little world but could answer any question I threw at them - eloquently and correctly. This week they were 2 of the main players in the youth drama that they have been presenting to the younger kids all week. I love seeing them use their talents and personalities for something so good.

And still in other news...Kaelin's ballet/tap recital is on Saturday. Her ballet is to "The Rainbow Connection" (yes, the Kermit the Frog song) and her tap is to a song called, "Together." Her costumes are absolutely gorgeous. And, yes, there will be pictures. : )

It is time to get the story ready for tomorrow...and then it's off to dreamland. VBS week is awesome, but it's exhausting!

Bible School Week

Jun 4, 2007
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I received a complaint this morning that I had not updated my blog in a few days. So here I am...updating my blog. This week is Bible School week at my church. The theme this year is a good one - sports. Each age group is a different sport. I'm teaching kindergarten because I wanted to be with Kaelin, and our sport is basketball. My friend Wendy and I are teaching together and her son is our youth helper. These are both good things. Today went smoothly. I think the kids had a good time, too.

Yesterday Wendy and I went to Party Pig to buy the decorations for our room and we found some silly basketball headgear that we thought would be cute. So today I wore a hat that looked like a basketball and Wendy had a headband with 2 basketballs on it. Fun stuff!! Tomorrow she gets the hat and I get the headband. After tomorrow we'll see if the headgear remains.

I've got to take the kids to their dentist (they *love* going to see Dr. Burt), but I will leave you with 2 pictures from this morning. The first one is the kids and me in our Game Day Central t-shirts, and the second is of Wendy and me in our basketball hats.