(Water ripple fade out)
Today's dress theme was black and white, so my green team became little panda bears. We were down a few kids (only had 23!) but they were our super stars. The first stop of the day (crafts) was a blast- we all (and I do mean all) made our headbands which we proudly wore the rest of the evening. The kids also made slap bracelets, but they just weren't the same quality of the ones we had growing up as us "adults" talked about.
Games were "eh." As the kids ran wild in between catching the volleyball and then throwing it back over one of my leaders and I started talking about how we just may need to organize games next year. Um yeah. We're already thinking about next year.
Dinner was again the highlight of the evening- complete with Super-Fly and Koko, the flying monkey brothers. Two of the kids on our team brought their space monkeys that also fly to have a fly off with them after we were done eating. I'm telling you, those flying monkeys were one of the highlights of the week and I found myself laughing way more than I should while eating dinner because of the main guy's dinner entertainment.
Story time was the least entertaining it had been all week- no tunnels to crawl through, no water raining down on us, no fish smells. We did hear about how he once killed a snake for his wife though by cutting off its head. I'm still not 100% sure how that linked into the main story of Adam and Eve...but that could be due to the bathroom trips that interrupted my story time.
Then we headed off to the chapel for our last minute prep before the 730 show time. After storming the stage (just like how they were told NOT to do) they did it properly and sang just loud enough to be heard on the balcony. I was such a proud mama panda bear and although none of the kids were mine, I just realized that in another life maybe I could have a kid that age right now. I also realized something bad- I just may be a stage mom. The leaders of Green Team unanimously decided (without actually discussing this with each other) that the kids and the kids alone were going to take the stage. Instead, we all sat where the kids could see us and made sure they were smiling, singing loud enough, and remembering all of their hand motions.
After the last kid was signed out, the sanctuary and other rooms used during the week transformed back to their "plain, boring" spaces, no longer taking us through China. My one leader that stayed around till the end and I then marched on over to the restaurant on base (headbands and all) for a well deserved adult dinner and beer. One of my buddies at the front desk loved our look, although he looked a little scared. You think by now they would know to expect anything from me- work attire, workout clothes, my post-4am run look, the same panda shirt for 5 days, so really? A ninja headband really should be no surprise. The best part was that there were a few VBS families also there and their kids got a big smile over the fact that we too were still wearing out headbands. (I'm already thinking it's going to my part of my mud run outfit in a few weeks...)
So yeah, VBS 2011 is officially done. I'm super happy that I decided to volunteer my time, because it was a great time and I not only some amazing kids (that I may see on my soccer team in the fall or at Girl Scout events) but also met some fabulous adults. It was completely worth the long hours I put in the week and being told a few times that I looked tired.
"You are all around me. You are behind me and in front of me. You hold me in your power." -Psalm 139:5
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