Chari Tree Chat

Whew. I don't know about you, but the last couple of weeks have been a doozy for me! As I mentioned in my last post, we had VBS at our church last week. That's a lot of work! We did a camping theme, and had lots of fun with that! We turned our church into a "forest!"



It's pretty funny asking to borrow Christmas trees in June! I thought the decor turned out pretty cute!

One of the highlights of our vbs was "Rascal." The kiddos loved him and he showed up in a different place each night (cooler, trash can, sleeping bag...) (Rascal is the fourth puppet we've bought of this brand and the kiddos love them - so realistic and cute too. We've only actually used one other so far, but Woolly is still a favorite.)


Saturday was our big picnic. Mark made "s'mores" since I was so busy with everything else. (Melt chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk, then stir in the marshmallows. Sandwich between graham crackers - super easy!) :)


Lorie set up an obstacle course for one of our activities. One of the "obstacles" was to set up a tent in the "rain!" I think that would have been my favorite part! (It was a little warm!) :)


So this week (after breaking down VBS stuff Monday evening) has been pretty slow - I really crashed. whew. I have got a lot of tomatoes from my garden, though. This picture is from a couple of weeks ago. I picked a lot more tomatoes this week!

My peppers aren't doing as well now, and neither are my cucumbers - it's way to hot! I picked a few watermelon, but they certainly didn't get very big! The one I've tasted so far was really sweet though! I guess these are what you would call "personal melons!" :)



One more thing: while doing some shopping for VBS prizes, I ran across some cds that I got super excited about! Maybe someone else remembers the Music Machine or Bullfrogs and Butterflies? I loved them as a kid (although I listened to mine on LPs!) :) I have been enjoying listening to some tunes from my "past" (and getting ideas of some songs to use for our kiddos.) Here is a bit from one of the cds:

The Bullfrogs and Butterflies cds I got don't have songs that I remember - I just found that there are actually four cds from this series. Maybe eventually I can buy the one I remember! :) 

I hope you all have had a great week!! Maybe it's time we all had some easy summer living, right? :)