Family Night at VBS

Tonight was the last night of VBS. Even though Cynthia had a lot of fun I'm glad it's over. (The drive out there really blow our budget this month for gas.) They put on a little show where the kids sang and danced (or whatever you call it). It was really cute! She did pretty good I thought. She had a lot of fun.

Afterwards there was food and games. But Mother Nature had something else in mind. When most of the people were done eating-it started to rain. So we all went back inside for a little while. The kids played and sang waiting for the rain to stop. THEN there were tornado warning or watches (whichever is worse-I always forget). She the bounce house and games were cancelled. She was so disappointed.

Now by this time Meagan was really getting to be a handful. I was going to leave with her and let Scott and Cynthia get a ride home with my mom. That didn't happen either. My mom decided to go ahead and go. Then we were about to leave and they (the church people) said there had been a tornado spotted not too far away. YAY FOR US! So we stayed. And waited. And waited. And waited. Hail came. Didn't lose power though, that was good. I was glad we were inside, but I really wanted to get home and check on Gabriel. I had put him out before we left. I didn't know it was going to storm again. Poor baby!

Anyway, we finally got to go home. Stopped and got the girls something to eat in case our power was off again (it wasn't). Pulled the car in the garage (so if the tree falls it won't hit the car). We all ate and they are all in bed now. I can't sleep of course.

Day 3 at VBS

She had so much fun! I'm really glad she's having fun. She is having some trouble paying attention and listening and sitting still. Same at home. I think that's pretty normal for a 4 year old. I think they may be expecting a little too much from the little kids. They have 4yoolds to 6th grade all in the same class! They are supposed to learn a Bible verse. Okay. But in one day?! It's the same one that the big kids are supposed to learn. I think that is a little much for her age group. So we (Scott & I) will give her rewards for trying. (They get prizes for memorizing verse). If she really tries to learn it she gets something special. Not a toy or candy necessarily but something she doesn't normally do. For example she tried really hard to learn her verse and behave last night so if the weather clears up she gets to go swimming today. (maybe tomorrow-just heard more thunder) And I bought doughnuts. But that's cuz I wanted them not just for doing good at VBS.

The weather was crazy last night. Big storms. Lost power a couple of times for several hours. We have white noise machines in all the bedrooms. We use them to sleep. Meagan can sleep through almost anything! They other day the power went out and her fan and sound machine were off. She didn't stir! Then last night I put her down with just her mobile music and no fan or sound machine. She went to sleep just fine! When the power came back on, I went in there to turn her stuff on and she didn't still! Glad she sleeps so well.

Also, Cynthia has decided she needs to carry a purse-just like Mommy! :D For those of you who don't know Cynthia is a HUGE daddy's girl so when she does stuff like that it is really special. She also wants a new camera so she can have one like Mommy's. I told her when she gets older maybe we could get her a new one even if it's not exactly like Mommy's. She has a Fisher-Price Kid tough camera and I have a Nikon. Not really a comparison. lol