Summer Spectacular 2011

Post Warning ... Loooong post with Lots of pictures!

This week was our church's summer Vacation Bible School "VBS" ... as it was called as I was growing up.  Our church calls it Summer Spectacular ... and spectacular it was! 

Ash & I have helped with SS before, but it's been a few years.  This was Kendall's 1st Summer Spectacular & our 1st one as a family ... and it was awesome!  They say to "expect the spectacular" and it really was spectacular!   The church building is totally transformed from ceiling to floor in the theme's decor ... this year it was Noah:  God Keeps His Promises ... so there was the ark, animals, a rainbow decor.  As you are welcomed in by happy greeters to direct you, you see a huge floor-to-ceiling end of the ark ... and in the inside of the building, there are pairs of animals {stuffed, manikin-type, and real ones too!} everywhere!  Kendall was in hog-heaven with all the animals everywhere and enjoyed calling out their names &/or sounds that each of them make ... she loved it all!

In the Early Childhood wing ... these were our decorated walls ...

some of the EC staff ... Kamalynn, Tiffany
& MaryAnne

We'd signed up to help out in Kendall's 2's class and it went really well ... I wasn't sure just how she'd be with us in her class room, helping her & other kids, but she really did good.  Summer Spectacular has gotten so big, there are now 2 sessions of 3 nights each.  We were there for all 6 nights, so Kendall should really know the story of Noah, now ... ha!

We had one hour of Bible class time ... signing songs, learning the story of Noah, doing 3 centers/craft projects & enjoying a snack, before the kids were picked back up.  Some of Kendall's little friends were in class with her (some were in different classes, they had to split the 2's up into several classes) and she made some new friends, too ...

Dre Reed (Gracie's son), Carter (in the back table) ...
and Kendall sipping on her water

James Bankes & Kendall ... sweet James is 9 days younger than Kendall
and he is such a cutie-pie!

 

Kendall with Walker Unterbrink ... his mom Emily & I knew each other
growing up from Turnpike CofC ... they named him her maiden name, Walker.
I love last names as first names!  He is 2 months older than Kendall and
is the sweetest thing!  They had fun their 3 nights together in class.

(Just a side note here ... for my own record-keeping purposes ... This was Kendall's 1st time to wear her hair in a ponytail ... it's probably been long enough for a little ponytail for a while, but we tried it out this week for the first time.  I like it but I think it just makes her look like a big girl ... I guess she is becoming a big girl ... being 2 and all, now!)

Then each of the 3 nights, everyone went to the auditorium for the 3-night/act Musical production of Noah ... it was unbelievable and Kendall LOOOVED it!  We got to see a special VIP showing of it before SS began ... to check it out, click here.  It was nice to not have to stay each night for the Musical, so we could get home & Kendall ready for bed pretty close to her normal bedtime.

The 2nd & 3rd nights of both sessions, there was a nice-sized petting zoo inside the church building ... of course, Kendall LOOOVED that, too! Unfortunately it wasn't open to walk through until after the Musical act was over (after we had already left), so she just got to see the animals through the fencing ... but she still got to pet most of them (thanks to her Daddy) ... and we took a few pictures!  She really wanted to pet the bunny rabbit, chickens and goat ... and she got to, so she was really happy about that.

We all had a great week at Summer Spectacular and can't wait to help out in the next one!