VBS 2010 - June 7-10

A great time was had by all while we explored the mighty love of God on our High Seas Expedition. With 125 children and 38 volunteers, we celebrated our largest VBS to date (at least since I've been at Parkway). It was a fun week of experiencing God through Bible stories, games, theme dress, crafts, and songs...

During Wonderful Wednesday, the Parkway Kids helped decorate!

Barron was very proud of his shark eating the fish. What a creative idea!

Mrs. Brandy made this ship!

Day 1 theme: God's Word is true.

Bible Story: God frees Peter from prison. Acts 12:1-19.

Beach Day!

Nancy, Alexis, and Leah's class

4th and 5th graders in our opening ceremony

Day 2 theme: God's word is comforting.

Bible story: God comforts Paul in a storm at sea. Acts 27.

Pirates and Sailors Day!

Cutie Pie-rate Carlton

Sailor Ayano

Everyone loves snack time

Marina's Dolphins

The Mitchell kids...James had a hat and eye patch earlier in the day...

Mrs. Jodie leading a preschool music session

Sean

Revin

Morgan and Harris

Ally

Katherine and Lauryn

Kaelie in crafts

Caleb, Barron, and Johnny in music

Maggie

Emma Grace, Maddie, and Marie

Jessica and Kaelie

Carlton snuck in the boat while Mrs. Brandy's class was away!

Elementary Crafts with Mrs. Amy

Some of Scully's Ship Mice

Samson!

Wink's Monkeys in Preschool Crafts

Mrs. Jan taught Carlton and Ayano to play "Ring Around the Roses" (I'll post a video soon!)

Rec with Ryan (our Youth Minister) and the Parkway Youth

Crazy pic!

We LOVE Mr. Bobby and Mrs. Pat - our 4th and 5th grade guides. Each year they help the 4th and 5th graders memorize all the books of the Bible!

Day 3 theme: God's word is surprising.

Bible Story: Paul survives a bite by a poisonous snake. Acts 28:1-10

Crazy Hair Day!

Kaelie's Crazy hair!

Everyone arriving on crazy hair day

Savannah and Kelly win the prize for craziest hair!

Salty's Sea Gulls hear the Bible Story

Elementary music with Mrs. Linda and Mrs. Paula

Rec

Snack with the WONDERFUL Patsy and Margaret!

This picture is classic.

Brendan and mom

Thomas brothers

Katherine

Barron

Preschool Crafts

Mr. Bob tells the Bible lesson

Mrs. Jodie and Allie - Preschool Music Leaders

Bubbles and playground time for Marina's Dolphins

Rec

Scully's Ship Mice

Day 4 theme: God's word is for everyone.

Bible Story: The community of believers share. Acts 2:42-47

High Seas Expedition tshirt day!

Day 4 pics still to come!

Don't be sad! You can come back next year!

Lazy Summer (or not!)

I can't believe that summer is already over! The months of June, July, and August are the most eventful, most stressful, and the most fun months of the year for me. I'll post more detailed stories and pictures, soon! I promise! but for now...

Here are 10 things that I loved about Summer 2010 (in no particular order):

1 Vacation Bible School

2 Passportkids! Camp

3 Wonderful Wednesdays

4 Water Nights

5 Free Movie Tuesdays

6 Pool Parties

7 Playdates

8 Interviewing and hiring a new nursery worker

9 Cleaning out the preschool supply closet

(with the help of the masters of organization, Bob & Paula)

10 Lunch dates with friends

High Seas Expedition

We are having an amazing time at VBS this year! With 125 kids and 38 volunteers our week has been filled with love and fun. Here's a pic of some of our (entering) 4th grade Parkway kids on crazy hair day...

more pics to come soon!

Heroes of the Faith

Sunday, May 16 our children's choir performed the musical, Heroes of the Faith. Dr. Messer worked so hard all year with our children to make this production happen. She is wonderful! And of course, all of the children worked hard to memorize their lines and songs. It was a beautiful day. The preschool choir even sang the first and last song with "the big kids."

The children led us through a museum of exhibits which told us about different heroes in the Bible. In the end, they shared the thought that all of us can be heroes of the faith!

Watch the opening song...

Pic of the week - YA Second Sunday

With two of my bestest one year old friends, Nate and Carlton at the Young Adult Low Country Boil for the McAfee graduates.
Carlton insisted on not one, but two handfuls of my S'mores Cheesecake.

Savannah's Preschool Graduation

Parkway's Weekday Preschool has the cutest graduation program of any preschool out there...I'm sure of it. This year, I was honored to be invited by Savannah to attend.

These preschoolers practice for at least a month before their performance, so they have this program at perfection come graduation day. They get up on stage in bright yellow caps and gowns and sing and dance through a list of songs that describe their "Parkway days." It's so much fun to watch!

At the conclusion, each child walks across the stage and receives a diploma.
Congrats Savannah! I'll miss seeing you during school next year!