I Must Have Walked the Plank.

Did you think I was dead?

Did you think that the race killed me in some sort of a freaky three-days-later-she-keels-over type thing? Let me explain my absence.

Last week was vacation bible school and I taught bible games. In keeping with my procrastinating tendencies, I spent most evenings last week searching the internet for the next morning's games. It's not that they didn't give me a curriculum, it's just that we had such large groups of kids that those games didn't work in my little room. I was in charge of decorating my room and here I am with my scurvy first mates:



I went with the "pirate secret hideout" theme and dressed as piratey as I could from my own closet. See how I am "Arrrrrging" in the photo? I make a pretty tough pirate don't you think?

I had the pre-K, kindergarten, first and second graders come through my room and I completely fell in love with those kids.




Here I am with one of my classes. I have disguised their identities, not because of poor fashion choices, (doesn't this look like a fashion do's fashion dont's pic?) but because I don't think it would be right to post pics of other people's kids on the internet. Oh, and it was crazy hair day, which explains the blue and purple wigs. I left Caedmon un-black boxed. Notice the red hair. We opted to just dye the boys' hair for wild hair day. It is supposed to wash out in 8-10 shampoos. We'll see about that. I'm thinking it might be a good idea to dye ALL my kids' hair at the beginning of the summer or if we are going to a theme park or to the zoo. It sure does make them easy to spot in a crowd.



Here is a better pic of Chuck and Chuck with their red hair:



Great smile Caedmon.

I don't want to leave the girls out. Noelle won a prize for her fountian of hair.



Wow. Those are some super un-flattering pics. Sorry girls. You'll love this when you are 16.

Now that all of that is over, it's back to real life. Laundry, dishes and cooking real meals.

Maybe.

Arrrg.