VBS

Brett spent every morning this week at his first-ever Vacation Bible School at Saint Francis. They had 3 classes of Pre-K - each with about 15 or so kids, plus lots of other classes, all the way up to 5th grade. They held it at TFS (The Franciscan School), which is the elementary/middle school at our church, and where the kids will eventually go to school. It was nice that it was at chuch, so Brett felt comfortable there already, and he even knew a few of the kids in his class - Jameson from his Shining Stars and Sully and Margaret from his Monkey Class. Jameson and Brett had some behavior issues during the school year and VBS week was no different. Luckily, the teachers were very understanding and worked with us to keep the boys apart as best they could.

Brett had soooo much fun at VBS! They had music where they learned the signs to several different songs, did crafts, listened to stories, ate snack, and played outside. Apparently everyone jokes that VBS week is always the hottest week of the year. I know that it was the hottest week of the year so far... the heat index was triple digits every day this week, so most of the outside activities involved water in some fashion! Brett was soaked through to the bone at least one day that I picked him up!

Friday night was the wrap-up program. Each grade level performed one song, complete with choreography, even the Pre-K. It was very cute to watch the little kids get up on stage and be all squirmy and jumpy and hyper until the music started and then they jumped right in... you can tell they practiced a LOT throughout the week! Here is a recording of the Pre-K song. I think you need to jump forward to the 1:15 mark to have them actually singing. The rest is cute, but it's mostly Kate screaming, "I see my Brett! Hi, Brett!" After they sang their song, they got dismissed to their parents for the remainder of the show. I was really impressed though - Brett knew the words and most of the signs for almost all of the songs the whole night. He sang some of them VERY enthusiastically - mostly the ones that he got to YELL during :)

addendum - I cannot get the stupid video to load right now. I'll try again later!