We had VBS at our church and I was teaching in Amy's 3 year-old class. That meant we had to be at the church every morning around 8am; of course, rarely did we get there before 8:15. And then it lasted until 12:30, but by the time the last child was picked up from my class, we'd leave closer to 1pm. It made for a busy, long morning each day, but it was definitely a lot of fun! And it was just the beginning for Alex and Nathan.
Everyday, in addition to VBS, their daddy would come home early from work (around 3:30) and would whisk them off to Cub Scout Twilight Camp. This is just as it sounds... a camp that starts in the late afternoon and ends when the sun goes down. It's any boy's dream camp. They shot bow and arrows, BB guns, slingshots. They played with mud and drenched each other with super soaker water guns. They learned to tie special knots and built a bug cage and a toolbox. They did TONS of things that all little boys love to do. Of course, the weather has been very hot and all this happened outdoors. So that helped sap quite a bit of what energy they had left each day after a long morning at VBS. And then on four of the five nights they didn't get home until after 9:30pm. So we weren't getting them to bed until around 10:15pm. What can I say... I had some super tired kids (and a fairly tired husband ;)) by the end of the week. And did I mention how tired I was of washing load after load of dirty VBS and scout t-shirts so they could be reworn each day? But they had an amazing time and made lots of great memories. The exceptionally busy, tiresome week was well worth it.
Someone (or maybe there was more than one) took thousands of pictures at Twilight Camp and uploaded them to a site where family can view (and purchase desired prints) of all the photos. I copied some for this post, but plan to buy some prints for keepsakes. I was glad to find these shots of my guys:
Nathan
I think Alex is dumping mud in that bucket in some kind of mud race
Nathan throwing (or maybe trying to catch?) the frisbee
Nathan making a volcano
Can you see Alex? He's flashing a $1 bill in front of his face (no idea why!)
Bill throwing a frisbee
That's Alex on the right (making his toolbox)
1 comment:
glad to see the kids are involved in so many things. they always seem to be having a good time. dad
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