Prims "Ruls"

I think this is so cute!

Last night in Prims (girls club at my church), some of the girls that got there before me decided to write the "Ruls" out on the board.

1.  Do not stand on chaise (of course they were standing on chairs writing this, LOL).

2.  Do no tack your shoes of with out sox.

3.  Do not throw your Bible.

4.  Do not be jeales.

5.  Do not push.

6.  Do not fight.

7.  No going on the stacked chers.  (We keep the overflow of chairs stacked 2-3 high).

8.  Do not areguw.

9.  Do not climb on toys.

10.  Be good.

11.  Be quiet when the teacher is talking.

These girls are 1st and 2nd graders.  I think they did a great job.  Love these girls!

A Few Scrapbook Pages - Mason's 1st time at the Pumpkin Patch, Keeping this Moment Alive, and Mason's First Haircut

This page is from 2010.

These pages are from 2012

Daisy/Prims Rally Day

Today was the Daisy/Prim Rally Day in Charleton at the Southern New England District offices. This is the third time that I have gone. It is a fun day for the girls. We meet at the church at 8:30 am and travel in the church vans. This year we had 10 Daisies and 11 Prims, which is the biggest group yet. There are all sorts of activities for the girls and a picnic lunch.



Even though the adults are all exhausted when we return, everyone agrees that it is a wonderful day!

The picture above was of the whole group.

This is the Daisy group (kingergarten)...



and this is the Prims group (1st and 2nd grade).

Girls Ministries Sleepover

Tonight Marley and I went to the annual Girls Ministries sleepover. This is our 5th time going to this. Twice I have slept over. I think twice is enough. That floor is really hard.

Marley and I got there at 4 o'clock to help set up, and I left at 12:45 a.m. after the movie was over.

It was a Hawaiian theme tonight. As the girls entered they were given a lei and had the option of having their hair styled with a big hibiscus flower.



Miss Pat really got into the Hawaiian theme.



Me not so much. I did wear a hibiscus in my hair and a lei.

After a little introduction and song worship, we had pizza and then a speaker. I thought the decorations were really cute.



After that there were tons of activities. My job was painting fingernails and little flower decals. Do you know how small some of their fingernails are? I could barely see them much less paint them. Luckily, as long as there was lots of glitter, they weren't fussy! Some other activities were tattoos, a craft, musical Hawaiian beach towel (like musical chairs), beach ball volleyball, the limbo stick, hula hoops, and learning the hula dance. After the activities there was decorate your own volcano cupcakes.

The last thing was to get in your pj's and sleeping bag and watch a movie. They watched Ramona and Beezus. I had never seen it and I thought it was really cute. The hope is that they will fall asleep during the movie, which ended at 12:45. I left then, and I would say that 80% of them were still awake!

I asked one of my little Prims if she was having a good night and she said it was the best night of her life. That makes it all worthwhile!

Mason's "Bible Quiz"

For a while now, Mason has been calling his Bible, his Bible Quiz. I am sure this is because of all of the talk of Marley in Junior Bible Quiz. Last week in Prims Miss Pat was teaching the girls how to use the Table of Contents in the Bible and had them looking up scriptures. I was passing out Bibles and I asked Mason if he wanted to use a Bible. He said, no, that he had his own Bible Quiz.

This week, Mark and Janelle packed his "Bible Quiz" in his bag, and tonight he sat in the story circle with it. Before Christmas break, he was sitting in the story circle for the whole story. Since the break, he hasn't wanted to sit in the circle. Tonight though, since he had his own "Bible Quiz, he agreed to it, at least for a little while.

He is such a little character!

Wednesday

Well, today I forgot to take a picture! Back in November when I got laid off I decided to take a picture of something that I did for the first year of my "retirement."

No picture...but it was a pretty normal Wednesday ~

- The Atrium called saying that Dot was quite anxious about wanting to leave there, she wanted to go for a walk and could we come and take her out for awhile? So, Paul and I went there and went for a walk with her. It was such a beautiful day, high 61degrees. Maybe she had Spring fever and just wanted to go for a walk by herself. She used to do that all the time at her home. Then we took her for a ride to get Mason at Junie's daycare. We got her home just in time for dinner. She seemed fine going back.

- Prims with Mason. He hasn't been there for a few weeks because Mark was on Christmas break. It's going to take a few weeks to get him back to where he doesn't want to be held the whole night.

- I should have taken a picture of Miss Pat. Her birthday was last Sunday. She turned 70! You would never know it. She is a very young 70. It must be because she is around kids so much. In addition to doing Prims, she also is a substitute teacher for 1st grade on Sunday, works in Super Church, and teaches Junior Bible Quiz. Happy Birthday Miss Pat!

Snowmen chaos in Prims

Oh my goodness. Who would have thought that 11 little 7-8 year old girls would have such trouble making a Snowman On a Stick. "Miss Debbie, my bananas are melting." "Miss Debbie, I just stuck my finger with the stick." "Miss Debbie, the pretzels won't stay in the bananas." Miss Debbie, can I eat the bananas?" "Miss Debbie, can you help me?" Miss Debbie, Miss Debbie, Miss Debbie.........Yikes. We did this two years ago and I don't remember so much trouble.

In the end, most of the snowmen made it to at least be eaten.









I knew I hated crafts...even edible ones!

Small group in Prims

This is the smallest group that Pat and I have ever had in Prims; four girls (and Mason). Mason didn't want to sit in the story circle this week. Maybe it was too small a group.

It was actually kind of nice; a little rest before the "new year."

Mason and the snowmen

Mason likes the snowmen across the street from Grandma and Baba's house (good Carl's).

Also....

Here are a couple of pictures of Mason at Prim's during story time. He is so cute, sitting still the whole time Miss Pat tells the story!

Mason's friends at Prims

The girls at Prims just love Mason. These two girls especially pay a lot of attention to him.

On this particular night, at the end of Prims when Baba came to get us, he told me to get my camera. Isabel had put Mason in the doll crib, put a bib on him, and proceeded to make him food on the play stove. It was amazing that he stayed there!

Mason's breakthrough at Prims

Mark is back in school, and already tomorrow he has an exam....So, Mason came to Prims with Grandma tonight.

Last semester I brought him a few times and it was "huggy grandma" which meant he wanted to be picked up. I had to carry him around the whole night.

Not so tonight! We had a real breakthrough. He didn't ask to be picked up once, although a couple of times he would look for me and say "Hi Grandma."

He sat at the table with the girls and colored, and he even sat in the circle for story.







Good thing.... I have a feeling that he will become a regular this semester as Mark has his "clinical" on Wednesdays from 7 am to 7 pm!

End of year Prims party

Tonight we had our end of year Prims party. This is the group that is leaving for Stars (3rd grade).




This is the group that is staying.




We invited the Daisys (kindergarten) that will be coming into our class.




We had a lot of food and fun. We played a couple of games.




This one is one of their favorites. They split into two teams. One person from each team puts on a huge T-shirt, and the rest of the teams sees how many balloons they can stuff under the T-shirt.





Our new year starts on September 7th.

Wish us luck!

Girls Ministries Honor Ceremony

Tonight was the Honor Ceremony for Girls Ministries at my church. Pat and I do Prims, which is for 7 and 8 year old girls. In order to "honor", the girls have to achieve 18 badges over the two years. This year two of our girls, Katya and Sarah, were our Prim "honorees."





Pat and I will definitely miss these two next year!

Prims

This is the last story time in Prims for this year. Our badges are done!

But...a new group comes in September, and we start all over again!

Daisy-Prims Rally Day

Today was Daisy (5 year old girls) and Prims (7-8 year old girls) Rally Day. Every year it is held at the Southern New England District of our church in Charlton, MA. It is a really fun day for the girls, full of activities. We had about 15 girls and four adults. Marley was staying at my house for the weekend, so she went as a "helper", but she had just as much fun as the rest of the girls.

This year's theme was Princess with a Purpose.



Everyone brought a picnic lunch and we ate outside.





It's not something that I particularly look forward to, but I always come home having had a good time with the girls and especially having gotten to know them and appreciate them a lot more!

Mason at Prims

This is Mark’s final exam week, so we have had Mason more than usual. Tonight I took him to Prims. This is the second time that I have taken him; the first time was more or less a disaster. He wanted me to hold him almost the whole night. This time he really got into it, playing with the kids and toys. The only problem was at the end of the class. We had over 20 kids and they always get kind of wild right before the parents come. So, between the kids running around and all the parents coming, he kept saying “huggie” which means “I’m nervous, pick me up.” Ha Ha!

Mason visits Prims

Mark was really pressed for time to finish writing his paper by Thursday morning, so we brought Mason to church tonight. Paul, Marley, Mason and I had supper at church, and then Mason came to Prims. The girls loved him. He was really good, playing and having a good time for the first half of the night. Then all of a sudden he wanted me to hold him. I brought him in to Marley's class for a little while and he stayed with her so that I could help Pat a little.







Pat brought her ferret in and all the girls were having a great time. It got a little wild in there, which is probably why Mason wanted to be held.

Bake Sale

Tonight the Girls Ministries at our church had a bake sale. The proceeds went to a "ministry called Europe's Children to purchase Bibles and curriculum and teaching materials for the Missionaries who reach the children with the love of Jesus."

SO MUCH SUGAR!!



I made the little pretzel hugs and Kristen made her famous carmel corn.



We ended up making over $500.

Then, on to Prims where we made no bake cookies (I think Pat is trying to kill me). This was the "craft" for our Cooking badge. The girls really did like making these cookies and I survived.



Pat is so much better at this stuff; she actually enjoyed doing it - LOL!