Tuesday: VBS

Today I started helping out with VBS (Vacation Bible School).  There were 606 kids there today...maybe a few more if some skipped the registration table.  Needless to say, it was controlled chaos.  But, they did a really good job with it.

It was all morning and I'll admit, I wasn't really looking forward to it.  Spending time with kids, especially kids that I don't know, isn't one of the things that I love to do.  But I think that this is a very important ministry and the children's ministry is one of the reasons that Ben and I chose this church, so I figured I should volunteer.

I wouldn't say that it was super-awesome fun, but it also wasn't too bad.  We didn't spend much time doing any single thing, so that did help the morning fly by as we were moving from one place to another.  There was down time, so I went to the nursery during that time.  Isaac had just finished eating and was asleep, but I think that tomorrow I'll ask that they don't feed him...he was a little cranky when we got home and I don't know if it was from being with strangers all morning or if he just didn't get a good nap.

Here's a bad picture of me from the website.  They were snapping photos left and right, so I'm surprised this one made the cut.  The child doesn't look happy and I don't think I look all that excited either.

Kayak

Today was Isaac's first kayak ride. The life jacket didn't fit him well, but he was still a trooper and enjoyed the ride.

(Ben held and paddled for most of the ride; we just switched about two minutes before the picture was taken.)

Breakdown of infant luggage

50% diapers
20% clothes
15% toys
15% misc (wipes, blankets, etc.)
15% food
5% liquids (lotions, washes)
5% monitor

Isaac had the largest bag, spilled into Ben's bag, and then we got another small bag for his food. And this doesn't include the stroller (50% of the truck) and the pack n play.

Wednesday: hmm

Nothing too special happened today.  Isaac and I visited Betsy and Ethan.  Isaac enjoyed watching their dog.

I actually managed to dry all the laundry I washed.  I've been having problems remembering to keep the dryer running.

I finished quilting the baby quilt on the new quilter!  It was fun and fast.  It looks nice too...as long as you don't look too closely.  And even if you look closely, I think it still looks fine.  I'll take some video with the next quilt that goes on there because a few of you mentioned you wanted to see how it works.

This was this morning before it was all done.

Tuesday: two under one

Today I babysat Samuel.  He's one month older than Isaac.  They interacted a little bit, but were mostly in their own worlds playing with the toys.  Isaac went down for a nap about 45 minutes later.  Both of them together wasn't too bad, but I only felt comfortable with them secured in Isaac's room.  Since Isaac was asleep I felt comfortable bringing Samuel outside...and he loved it.

Look at how fast I can move the toys!

I also found it interesting how a day can fly by when it is just Isaac and me, but it didn't fly by when it was just Samuel and me.  Don't get me wrong...we had a good time together and it was fun to see how he is different and the same as Isaac.  It is more of just an interesting observation.  It would seem that since they are so close in age that the passage of time should be similar.

Monday: garden

My potted garden is not doing well.  I enjoyed the lettuce, but it is not the season for it as much (from what I'm told).  I saw a large bean so I went to pick them, only to find that the plant had withered and I could only find three beans of a decent size.

And they didn't taste good.

So I'm trying to decide what to do: we haven't had rain in about a month (and then it was about a ten minute rain).  We're about to go on vacation.  Most of the other bean plants are looking ok, but there are only a few beans on them.  Do I keep them alive?

I'll probably keep watering the lettuce to get it back in the fall.  I really enjoyed that.

Sunday: guess what's still funny

Ben throwing cloth into the air and clapping.  I tried it and got a few smiles, but it wasn't nearly as funny.