Day 5: Finally Friday

Day five. Friday. Yee haw! First up: torturing Mitch during opening. We got his 'friends' to help us.
But you know we did more. We even made him come sit next to us helpers because he was a bad kid.

This is Jade, Brooke, Randi, Sarah, Eugene, and Scott. All helpers who forgot their name tags and had to go up on stage and sing a demeaning song. Randi actually had hers, but Sarah stole it. When Randi got called on stage she told them to have Sarah come up as well because she didn't have her name tag. It wasn't really fair for Euge to go up, because he was never actually issued a name tag. But they made him anyway.

Here is Becky and Mitch right after opening. Doesn't he look happy to be in the presence of his favoritist cousins?

Sarah, Rebecca, and I played Operation. We had been wanting to since we saw Iron Man (there is a scene that mentions it). Me and Becky tied.

Dillon and Andrew using my markers...

Randi dancing in a poodle skirt...

Me with a hat from one of the dancers...

...and Sydney with the same hat.

Horse rides!

Becky, Isaac, Dexter, and me waiting for our ride.

Isaac and Becky on the ride.

Me and Dexter next to the horse!

Becky was there too.

James with one of Phil and Judy's kittens.

Mike at the program...

...and Ethan sitting in the middle of the fellowship hall.

Day 4: Flash Floods

Ok. It's been a while, but I still want to put up pictures from all the days of VBS. Day 4 (Thursday) meant that Sarah was again working, and I was again in charge of the monkeys. This first pic is of most of the girls writing a 'script' for me. Alexis chose to sleep.
...and this is my boys doing the same thing. They were messing around more than the girls so I didn't have high expectations. Their 'script' was better than the girls.

Becky and Dillon.

There were flash flood warnings, and it was raining hard during lunch, so we had to eat inside.

This is Mike right before it started raining. He was making something out of nails. I think it was a cross.

Because of the weather, all the kiddies came into the sanctuary and sang silly songs instead of going outside for the noon recess.

This is Kyler...

...and this is Trey.

Randi had left her car at Euge's house because she thought it would hail. She was taking Andrew and Cacey home. And she was supposed to pick up Ethan from daycare for Judy. And I had to take Becka, James, Mike, and myself home. Randi needed a ride to her car. I was nice. I had eight people in my tiny car.

Day 3: Cool Ceramics

Wednesday had Sarah back in the saddle, making me a helper again. This is a job that calls for concentration and seriousness at all times. As evidenced by this picture.
This is me and Becky laying out in the nice sunny weather. Well, I was soaking up the sun and Becky took a picture beside me.

Mike got hit in the face with a soccer ball. I took him into the girls bathroom to get it cleaned up. And when I say "took" I mean "dragged." According to Derek, Mike "didn't want to talk about it."

Here is one of me and Becka's sidewalk chalk creations.

Sarah told me she was going to jump over the divider. I took this to mean hurdle style. Oh well.

We did ceramics. Here is Raelee and Alexis

...Kyler

...and Tanner.

Day 2: Teaching Terrors

So. Sarah TG (the teacher for my fourth graders) was not here today (nor will she be here on Thursday) and I was coerced into being their teacher for the day. It was awful. Ok, it wasn't that bad. I will say though that 50 minutes is too long for fourth graders to sit still for a Bible lesson.

And now: More Pictures! First up: Andrew on the inflatable obstacle course. Next up is Andrew, Dillon, and Becky posing by the same inflatable.

...and Dexter on it

...and me, Becky, and Dillon by it.

Then all of the Hooyers (and one TG) in our music time. Also some random kid who jumped in the photo at the last second...

This is Becky untying Mitch's shoes that she tied together and forced him to walk around in because it's not a good day unless we torture him in some way...

Mike with a spider on his head. We think it layed eggs in his ear.

My little monsters working on their first ceramics...

And finally, Becky and Dillon at our last music class.

Day 1: Hot and Humid

Ok. This is mainly pictures. First off: Becka and I are both in the skit at the beginning of every day of Bible School. I'm human. Becky isn't. Here is a picture of her as a squirrel.
Here is me in her rodent hat.

This is my class of 4th graders. Aunt Sarah is the teacher and Becky is the other helper.

This is Mitch's class. I was on my break and couldn't resist taking this picture.

Or this one...

This is Dillon trying to pull Becka down. He first attacked Randi, then me. Becka got him last.

During the lunch hour, some of the kids I had last year asked me to get a game of Too Late For Supper going. You know. The game Mitch broke his leg playing one year. We started out with about six kids and then it grew to about 30. This pic is of Becky running. During the afternoon, I have a break when the 5th-8th graders have music, so I sang with them. They get all the good songs. This is Mike and Mason VL.

This is the representation of my character from the skit.

The third graders do everything at the same time as us. This is Andrew in the craft tent.

This is me and Dillon during our last activity, and also my favorite activity: music.