Vacation Church School

Hayden and Meredith got to go to Vacation Church School this summer. They really, really enjoyed it.

Meredith is my little artist.
And my gardener. Did I tell you she's growing grass in my bathroom. No really - real grass - like a lawn - only in a plastic cup - I think she wants another dog.

Back to VCS - they had a program for the families on Thursday night. First they got to do some races outside. She and Hayden did the potato sack race and even tried the 3-legged race. That was funny. Then we went inside for the program. First of all, she was mad at me earlier because I wasn't at the program - Hayden had to explain to her that was just the PRACTICE not the actual program. So we made it to the actual program and, apparently, they forgot to tell her that she had to sit with me for the first part until it was time for her to sing so she was mad about that. They did that because they figured the younger kids might be scared to sit the whole time in front of all those people. Well, they didn't ask Meredith and she DID NOT want to sit with me, she wanted to be up on stage with Hayden. Finally, she got to go onstage. Luckily, I managed to catch Philip and Stephanie before they went up there with her. My cousin's husband Steve was sitting with us - I'm sure he's glad his kids are older and he doesn't normally have to put up with a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old in a church pew. To be fair, the accoustics in the church are really good and I'm sure yelling at the top of your lungs in that environment is a lot of fun for that age group. Anyway, at the end of the program, the younger children were supposed to leave the stage first. Well, Meredith stayed and wouldn't leave until Hayden got up to go too, then he grabbed her and brought her along to me.

Apparently, she's going to be my little performer too.

And just to finish off the story, on our way out of the church, the VCS leaders were standing outside. They had been in the skit too and were all dressed up including one guy who had a small crate of potatoes with him. Stephanie took one of his potatoes and had all the skin chewed off if it before we made it home.