Each day the children had a speaker about different ways to take care of the earth. One day it was a national speaker from the Oceanic Conservancy, and one day it was the local head of our recycling program. The best part, though, was on Wednesday when the director of the zoo visited. She was great, but the kids really loved the monkey, 2 lemurs, and baby porcupine that she brought with her! The nursery workers were kind enough to bring Hampton out to see the animals, so Hamp and one of his buddies got to pet the animals both before and after the "show".
The craft project for the week was a donation of big spindles for the lion and tiger exhibits at the zoo. Apparently, the animals love these things and used to have them to play with, but when Hurricane Ivan hit back in 2004, they were lost. So the church had them donated, and the children spent the week painting them. A couple of them needed a bit of repair work, so Tanner roped her dad into helping fix them. Of course, while assisting Bob with the project, she managed to bust her lip open with a socket wrench! Just more proof that she's not too handy when it comes to manual labor! The spindles did get fixed, though, and they go on display at the zoo today. Hopefully, we'll be able to get a picture of them in use to share later.
While Tanner was busy with all that, Hampton was LOVING "camp", as he called it. He got to sing and dance with the big kids, as well as soak up lots of attention from Ms. Amy and Ms. Pam, who just love him to pieces. They even said at the end of the week that they would clone him except for it's against their beliefs! We think they might change their minds if they got to see one of his tantrums.....anyway, it was a wonderful week, and we're already busy planning next year's event!
Hampton having fun getting filthy at the VBS picnic
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