Isabelle is really starting to enjoy pretend play now. Her cousins passed down some of their dress-up clothes to her and so here she is wearing the snow white outfit and having a tea party with her "friends". I got this cool little table and two plastic chairs at a yardsale for $5. The top comes off and she can stack her blocks on it.
Dora got to wear the "crown" as Isabelle calls it.
Also, we have started VBS, and it's going really well! As I told you before, instead of doing a whole week straight through, we're doing it every Wednesday night instead of regular class for about 8 weeks. We've had 2 weeks so far and the kids are really enjoying it. Our theme is "Son Harvest County Fair: Growing the Fruits of the Spirit." Here are a few pics:
This is the hallway right outside the room where we're doing VBS. The fruit on the tree has all the kids names on it.
Here is "Farmer Ronnie", our VBS leader and song leader. The barn is our puppet theatre.
This is Isabelle the first week of VBS: she had a fun time!
"Grapevines" around the doorway to the room.
The teenagers have been a huge help with VBS every week. Here are our puppeteers, Petrice and Jordan.
Our fellowship room is kind of small, so we set up a craft area out in the hallway. We split the kids into 2 groups for craft/snack time.
The younger kids working on crafts inside the VBS room:
Older kids at the craft tables in the hallway:
Now onto our Father's Day. We did our main celebration on Saturday night. Ben grilled hamburgers and corn on the cob, and I made coleslaw and homemade apple pie (Ben's favorite).
Izzy chomping down on her corn:
Daddy enjoying his corn on the cob:
Isabelle "helped" Daddy open his present. (We actually did this before we ate.)
This was the "headline" on his wrapping paper: "3 Cheers: Best Daddy"
This is why we opened presents before dinner: he got a new tool set and cover for his grill.
My next door neighbor keeps 4 kids in her home, but last week one day she only had two, so we decided to go on a little outing to the mall. We went to the pet store, ate lunch at Chick-fil-A, played in the kids area, and even did a little shopping. It was fun. Here are a few pics:
All three of them just happened to wear red,white, and blue that day. (Not on purposes, I promise!) So we tried to get a picture of them together. The two little ones wouldn't give up their sippy cups.
When they did, their hands went straight in their mouths, and Jake's attention was gone by then.
Finally I just had to throw in this spaghetti picture. Even with a fork, she is still just that messy.
We had a yardsale this past Saturday, and were able to get rid of a lot of our junk. We'll still probably have to get rid of some more stuff before the baby gets here, but I'm happy we are making progress! We're still working on the downstairs bathroom, and I've been working on a new curriculum for our cradle roll at church. I start teaching next quarter. So we have been busy busy! I'll try to be a better blogger, I promise!
3 comments:
I can't believe someone had the nerve to threaten you. But I must say that I'm glad that they did! Did you notice that Stacia has a new blog too??? It's very curious.
I love the way Izzy eats her corn. She is a southern belle in the making!
I also thought Izzy was very cute eating her corn... and your "news headline" was sweet. So creative. And you know how we got threatened to post... I guess that just means we are super loved!!
Your VBS looks really fun and I love your new background and header!
I've tried feeding Allyson corn on the cob. No interest.
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