P J Day

Its amazing how excited kids get about wearing their pajamas out in public. It also gave me one of those moments of realization about my own neuroses, as I wouldn't let them wear the ones they slept in and I actually ironed the pajamas they wore to VBS. (Gee thanks, Mom.) Seleia wore her favorite Ice Cream pj's, Amarra went decked in flamingos, and Elora felt the need to dress up her favorite "rainbow-ie" night gown with a red sequin beret. Of course. I even decided to be a good sport and wore pajama pants with my class t-shirt. (If you know me at all, you know this was big for me. I'm decidedly not a fan of the pj's in public, but the kids thought the fact that I wore them was pretty darn cool.)

Class Color Day

They're not having any fun or anything.

Crazy Hair Day

Seleia went for four buns and a headband. Amarra was rockin' the uneven pigtails, one straight, one curly, and a braid down the back. Elora gave me very precise directions for a series of 4 curly, sparkly mohawk-style ponytails down the center of her head. There were colors, sparkles, headbands, wigs and all manner of craziness in the air as the girls learned, sang and played beach games. Good summer fun! (Is it wrong that this is all making me want to take off for the actual beach??)

SonSurf Beach Bash Day 1

One thing the girls count down to every June is definitely VBS.  Last year, I was teaching Elora's class when suddenly Tuesday morning I ended up in the hospital and pretty much stayed there. All year long I've heard this very sweet, "You know, Mama, last year you promised to teach my class, and you didn't."  So this year, I'm, umm...teaching Elora's class. I'm not a sucker or anything. And wow, we've got 31 in our second grade class and attendance today was 199 children. Talk about nuts! (okay, more like very, very organized chaos.) I can't believe my girls have gotten so big that Seleia is going in to 4th grade, Elora in to 2nd and Amarra into 1st. They were just toddlers! Anyway, we've got our assembly, classroom time, snack, song & choreography practice, bible games, outdoor recreation, crafts, and another assembly. Quite the jam packed 3 hours. I love that I get to see Seleia and Amarra throughout the day when our classes cross paths and that they run over to give me a kiss, or give a giant, "Hi, Mom!" wave from the stage when they see me. They've got old friends, new friends, and can't wait until tomorrow!