We had to scrub this masterpiece off the wall...and had a looooong talk about being a big girl and knowing what's right and what's not. By the bye, Mr. Clean Magic Erasers--love them!
Monday through Thursday I was here--the Smith building at TCU at the AP summer institute.
This was our boxed lunch dining hall.
The view from our "table".
And my dining companions. They were much friendlier than they appear here. At least it didn't rain or get (much) over 100 degrees. What can I say? Lunches are important...really the high point of the day at these things. Other high points: eating a burger at Dutch's after class on Tuesday and winning the "big prize" at the drawing after the last class on Thursday. It's a binder of notes, lessons, activities that go with one of the books we got (we always get a ton of textbooks, which is really the reason I go every year). I think I won the same one last year. Apparently my luck peaks in the middle week of July. I should remember that and buy lottery tickets next year.
While I was having all this fun, Little Miss went to her first ever week of Vacation Bible School. The theme was "High Seas Expedition." I love to hear her try to say "expedition"--it sounds like "expuhgician." VBS has really changed since my last experience with it. I just remember showing up, hearing the same stories, same Bible stories, same activities, on the same day every year; eating knock-off oreos and drinking kool-aid. They have themes now. And tshirts. And CDs. We registered online to avoid the crowd Monday morning. She and Loverboy were processed through quickly, she got her wristband, "crew" assignment, and he got a "not-a-kidnapper card" he had to show to pick her back up. She loooooved it. They transformed the whole sanctuary and most of the church into a Jesus-pirate wonderland.
Wednesday night was "family night" and we met at the City Beach for a Chick-fil-a picnic.
This was our first time to visit our fair city's "beach" and it was quite nice. All the sand they imported is still in place, so it's not muddy, squishy, icky when you're out in the lake.
I got to see the VBS scene in action on Friday. Here's Little Miss with her "crew leader." She looooooved Emmelee. She was particularly amused by her name since our dog's name is Emily. So, Emmelee the teenager is known as "Emily #2" at our house. For the first two or three days, none of the other kids in their crew showed up, so Little Miss had her all to herself, which she especially enjoyed.
Saturday, we had a girl's day with Molly at the mall. Of course there was bouncing!
And a trip to Build-a-Bear, where she created Violet the Dog, who is getting her heart in the picture, just before being filled with life (stuffing).
We HAD to run by Half Price Books, where she found a Shaun the Sheep 3-D book. A very successful shopping day.
I got to sleep in Monday morning. Loverboy and Little Miss took some pictures to surprise me with. Here's Mr. Opossum, who came home with us after dinner with Molly at Cracker Barrel on Saturday. I think he's Little Miss's five millionth Webkinz.
Then there was a whole series of self portraits wearing the bandana from VBS.
We picked up Molly on our way to the pool today. I've never been a supporter of the arm floaties, but Little Miss has taken off with them. She has longed to jump off the diving board all summer, but can't until she can really swim (without floaties obviously). However, she is now the queen of the cannonballs and bellyflops off the side into the deep end. It's tiring just watching her!
It's a good thing the clubhouse has a grill. I don't know if we could have made it back to my car without the fortifying effects of poolside cheeseburgers and fries.
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