This was Ava's first year in vacation bible school. I was super excited for her, since I have my own fond memories of VBS when I was little. She dragged her feet in the mornings, probably because VBS began at the time she's usually warming up to her day and eating breakfast. She's in bed by 8 most nights, but she lays in her bed talking, singing, and as she puts it "thinking" for at least an hour, sometimes more. Crazy kid. One of my friends teased that I need to slip a little Ambien into her dinner. Tempting... Anyway, getting up, dressed, and out of the house by 8:40 was good practice, because she's got morning pre-K in the fall.
Once I got Ava into the bible school room, she had a blast. Every day she climbed into the car excitedly spouting the details from her morning of crafts and games and stories and singing. I heard all about Cleopatra and ancient kings and the crodiles. On Wednesday she climbed into the car and said with a contempt in her voice, "I know about those people who poked Jesus to the cross. THEY didn't know how to forgive." I asked her if she knew why Jesus died on the cross. She was quick to answer, "For all of us. Because He loves us so much. He went up to Heaven to make room for all of us. Enough room for everyone who loves Him." Good job VBS!
Here are some video clips from her program on Sunday. They performed at two services. I filmed the second service, maybe I should've captured the first instead. I think Ava was starting to wear out little by the third hour of church (the kids stayed down in the Sunday school room in between services). I actually caught her yawning onstage a couple of times. It didn't stop her from grabbing the microphone between songs to loudly respond, "Fear not!" I didn't catch that on film, though. The congregation was amused, her teacher...not so much. Note that she has placed herself directly in front of the mic and jumps toward it from time to time. She loves a microphone! My favorite part of the video is at the end. Ava is hopping around like jumping bean and the little boy next to her finally turns and gives her "a look" and then rolls his eyes. He's probably thinking, "What's with this girl?"
