June 23, 24, 25

Vacation Bible school started this week and that is why I haven't had the opportunity to update this much. It has been very tiring. I am working in the nursery/2 and 3 year old room. Yes this should be two separate classes but with a lack of workers, they have been combined. Monday was the worst because I had no other adult help. I had two youth helpers but I couldn't leave them in charge even long enough to use the restroom so I was completely worn out Monday evening. Tuesday and today I had help and it was much better but with such an age gap (3 months to 3 years) and 11 children it is hard to handle things. 2 and 3 years olds need more structure than a nursery to occupy them for 4 hours. All the kids are just worn out also by the end of the day. Monday evening we just hung out around the house. The picture below is of Daddy and Ethan jumping on the trampoline.
This is of Daddy helping Ethan do a flip.

Daddy and Emma on the trampoline.
These pictures are from Tuesday night. We went across the street to Ethan's friend Benjamin's house and went swimming. They were out of town but have told us to use the pool whenever we want.
Ethan's new favorite snack is popsicles. Here he is eating one, freezing the whole time because he had been swimming and the popsicle is of course cold. He didn't care about being cold. He ate 2 popsicles anyhow.

This video is from Saturday when we went swimming at Papaw Butch's with the Callihan's. We got Ethan jumping into the pool on the camera. He has just really taken to the water and is really brave now. He even jumped into the pool across the street from us yesterday without his swimmies. That really scares me and luckily we were of course right there. He was also lucky enough to be able to touch in their pool this year. It is 3 foot in the shallow end. He could barely touch on his tip toes. This video is of Ethan doing a flip on the trampoline.