Bible Camp 2012

I'll have to post some Bible Camp photos later in the week (we used to call it VBS - Vacation Bible School - when I was little).  Claire is in year 3 and Max is there for the very first time!  Brody didn't go this year, he is going to visit Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Steve in Ely for the week!  One of my fondest memories of VBS was lunch (home-packed bologna sandwiches and a baggie of Fritos!), so I am making sure Claire and Max get to enjoy the treats they are given at Bible Camp.  Today was S'mores Mix - a cup of honey graham cereal, mini marshmallows and chocolate chips.  I'm sure the sugar was a major overload, but hopefully what they remember is the treat of it!  Claire did not want to go into the 3 year-old class, so she stayed with Max and I in the toddler room.  She sure showed him the ropes!  He loved the kitchen (of course), and the tray of gravel with shovels and pails and trucks.  They played with Play Doh and made a scrapbook page with cool paper and stickers and buttons.  They open our day with a prayer for the kids (both Claire and Max folded their hands and stood quietly), and then we go to a whole group session of singing and dancing and a bible story acted out.  In the toddler room we play in many different areas - the tent, the reading nook, the kitchen, the water table, the gravel table (Max's favorite - he was belly laughing as he dumped out the gravel), the Play Doh table, the craft table, the slide and balls area, the baby dolls, the snack area, the musical instrument area, the bubble area, the riding bouncing ball (Claire loved giving this a try this year).

 

 We played and played and played.  On the last day, we went to Target to eat, Omi was too tired to cook!
 The shopping cart was Max's high chair!  The straws they gave the kids were a big hit!