During Keith’s first year of ministry, one of his classmates made “We survived Holy Week” t-shirts to commemorate making it through their first Holy Week’s as newly ordained pastors. I feel like we need shirts to mark the momentous occasion of surviving Henry’s first week of Vacation Bible School; it was that rough at times. 

   
 
Being only two-years-old, Henry was the youngest kid at our church’s (Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd) VBS, and since he’s not in daycare/preschool, it was pretty much the first time had to be in school-like setting. 

• Day 1: so many temper tantrums when he was asked to participate and not play with the toys in the preschool room. We had to leave early after only 30 minutes of programming because H couldn’t hack it. 
• Day 2: a bit better; we left at 8, but Henry didn’t fully participate in everything. He loved the dancing parts, and Chester the Cheetah. 
• Day 3: a little bit better than the day before; still left at 8 (gotta stick close to bedtime), but Henry listened to the bible story and tried the craft. 
• Day 4: it seemed to click for Henry; he participated with the big group, tried the craft, and played with the other kids. He still didn’t pay attention the whole time, but he played quietly and he’s only two after all!

A couple days after it ended, Henry woke up singing “Jesus’ love is bubbling over!” This was one of the songs he sang daily at VBS, and he loved it. All in all, I think it was a success! We’ve pretty much decided that when the time comes for Henry to attend preschool, his teacher is going to have a rough first week (or month) with him, but there is hope because he adjusts to new situations quickly.