End of Vacation Bible School Celebration - The Walnut Acre Daily Sunday June 21, 2015

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1

TODAY'S QUOTE

If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines. ~ Robert Brault

END OF VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CELEBRATION

The Sunday after our week of VBS we usually have a big celebration with the children, teachers, families and the church. It's a time of worship, laughter, games and more followed by a big picnic and a lot more fun.

Here are some of the pictures I took today in the midst of all the activity.

Who can keep all three balloons in the air the longest. Best of three wins!

High point winners in the class I helped teach. Points were earned for attendance, bringing a Bible, bringing a friend, learning the memory verse, and more.

Performance by a Christian magician. I love how incorporates lessons into his "magic" tricks. 

And then after eating our picnic lunch then outdoor fun begin. The water slide was a BIG favorite.

And the homemade ice cream was wonderful too!

Just because.

Pony rides

And even a couple chickens!

It was a wonderful way to wrap up a wonderful week.

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Vacation Bible School, Gardening and More - The Walnut Acre Daily June 13-15, 2015

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, 

 for the rights of all who are destitute.

Speak up and judge fairly;

defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 31:8-9

TODAY'S QUOTE

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

This evening was the first evening of vacation Bible school. Doug and I are both assistants in the Pre-K class. We began the evening with all classes in the Family Life Center for worship, games, a short drama and announcements. The theme this year is SonSpark Labs. 

Then the classes went to their individual classrooms for the rest of the evening. It was a bit hectic since it was the first evening but it was also fun. 

YARD AND GARDEN

Saturday we spent quite a bit of time in the garden. It was hot so we did the work in short bursts but I was pleased with what we got done. I planted five rows of potatoes, four rows of onions, and two more rows of turnips. Doug tilled between to rows of the more established plants to knock down the weeds. The kids helped here there between there games in the yard. 

WORKING, LEARNING, AND PLAYING TOGETHER

This morning we took the kids to play on one of the elementary school playgrounds. It was hot and we didn't stay real long but it was a nice change. 

We took lunch along and ate there before coming home. 

This afternoon I was at my sister's for several hours. Michael took bubbles along to blow. 

It was hot today but the kids still enjoyed playing outside. Some of the things they were play ball games, play with dolls and play with the puppies. 

OUT AND ABOUT

Our out and about the last few days has consisted of grocery shopping, checking out a new Goodwill store, picking up pet supplies at the pet store, stopping at the dollar store, and (the best part) church Sunday morning. 

READING AROUND THE WEB

Do You Need a Fresh Perspective, Mom? at Joy In My Kitchen

Sweets of Sun and Flower: A Collection of Summer Poetry at Flourish

Freedom Friday - When You're Not Enough at Old Things New

Lonely On the Pinnacle of Truth at Living Our Days

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Walking With the King

"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name." 

~ Psalm 91:15

Today's Quote

Music is what feelings sound like. ~ Author Unknown

In the Garden

CJ has been busy today watering his corn and checking to see if any has come up yet.

Outdoor Fun

CJ spent a good part of the morning doing a project with wood . . .

 and finally finished what he said was a loom to weave things out of yarn on.

We Are Learning

We used the same farm themed book and song as we did yesterday at circle time and then watched this video.

We also then did a farm themed beginning sound worksheet . . .

. . . and a letter Nn phonics worksheet.

Since Michael is at camp today CJ was the only one doing schoolwork with me this afternoon. We played Sight Word memory, did a sight word worksheet and a math worksheet . . .

. . . and watched these two videos.

We Are Reading
Two of the books the kids and I enjoyed reading today are
Fox in Socks



and
The Little Engine That Could

In the Kitchen
I made bread today and one of the loaves turned out really big. 

I guess someone thought there was too much bread here because later, after I thought it should be cool I came to check on it and found it looking like this.

When I first saw this I was wondering aloud what happened to the bread and if it had a large bubble in it while it was baking. As I was talking I realized a child was making a sudden exit from the room. So I called the child back and inspected the bread closer and realized someone had been eating it. The child admitted to eating it while I wasn't looking and for some reason the whole thing struck me so funny I could hardly wait for the child to leave the room so I could laugh. Amanda asked me how on earth that was funny and I had no answer for her other than keeping a sense of humor is the only way to stay sane.. I guess my bread must not be to bad if they can't wait to eat it.

Out and About
I took Michael to the church at 7:15 this morning to meet the other kids getting a ride to camp. There were six other five and six year olds headed up to camp for the day. Michael has been looking forward to this for so long and was so excited. He's going two days this week and then two days in July. He came home today happy and looking forward to going again on Thursday.


This evening we were back at Bible School again. It was once again a good evening and we had so much fun with our class. This is a really cool group of kids and teachers. Doug and I have both been so busy we've barely had time to talk about his class (5th and 6th grade) and how it's going other than him telling me it's going well and they had 15 kids and five teachers this evening. The class of 1st and 2nd graders I'm in had eight kids and six teachers.

Other Notes and News
On tomorrow's agenda is playtime and lunch in the park, baking six dozen cookies for Bible School, and then back to Bible School in the evening. 


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VBS Fun Day

Yesterday was the wrap up of the week of Vacation Bible School our church just had. Doug, Austin and Michael were there every evening and it was fun to the highlights of what they had been up to all week.

After the main service where we were treated to glimpses of the week's fun and learning we had a meal and lots of games and fun activities for the kids. The church provided the hotdogs for the meal and then everyone brought drinks, salads and desserts. There was lots and lots of good food.

I got some pictures of the fun.

Austin and Aaron have their "oh no she's taking pictures again" faces on.

The bounce house.

Water slide

 

The dunk tank was a huge hit among the older kids.

I told Aaron if he got in I was definitely going to dunk him. He did and so did I.

Even Amanda, who tends to be more of a watcher at events like this, got in the dunk tank. I wanted to dunk her to but didn't get a chance.

A big thank you to all those who made VBS week such a good one.