VBS and Father's Day

It's been pretty crazy this week at the Megel house so this post is sort of a "catch-all" of everything worth remembering. Last week was Vacation Bible School (VBS) at church. For some reason I still can't figure out I signed up to be Crafts Leader and was in charge of crafts for 150 kids ages 4 through 5th grade. This turned out to be waaay more exhausting than I thought and I was seriously tired by the end of the week. But it was great to work with kids in a "classroom" setting again and help out a wonderful ministry. Abi got to go to the nursery everyday and she had so much fun. This was the most she had ever been away from us with someone who wasn't family. Her besties were in there with her so she didn't even blink when I walked out the door each morning! And it was pretty cool to have her run to me screaming "It's Mommy!" when I picked her up. She did manage to get pink eye from one of the other kids, which is so awesome. Who sends their kid to childcare with pink eye!? She even got her own little t-shirt like the big kids and it was super cute to see her look so grown-up.
 

You will notice Abi's smiling skills are beginning to improve



Picnic lunch with Emily, Nicholas, Ryan, Traci, Harper & Hadley

Today is Father's Day and Abi "helped" make breakfast in bed for Adam. We made him brown sugar and cinnamon pancakes, sausage links and scrambled eggs. When we brought it upstairs to him Abi ran into the room and yelled, "Wake up, Daddy! Happy Fadder Day!" It was sooo cute.


Abi helping herself to Daddy's breakfast

After church Adam chose Cracker Barrel for lunch. Then after a delicious meal it was home for long naps for the whole family. It was a nice relaxing day. Abi, and her soon-to-be sister, are so lucky to have such a great dad. It's obvious how much he loves all three of his girls. He loves spending time with Abi and misses her so much when he's away from her. No matter how late he gets home or how tired he is, he always makes time to take Abi for a bike ride or play blocks. Of course he does all the other important dad stuff like work hard and sacrifice to provide for us. Those things I hope she'll appreciate much later. But for now, she loves her daddy because he makes her feel safe and loved. It makes me feel gushy inside knowing what high standards he's setting for when our girls choose their future husbands.

POTTY UPDATE:
Abi has peed a couple times in the potty since the last potty post. But mostly she just sits there. We ask her constantly if she wants to sit on the potty and her answer is always the same: "no thank you." But we will not be defeated! I took this absolutely hilarious picture of her this week and just had to share. I know some day she will be mortified when she sees it. But I was mortified when she threw a hysterical fit in Hobby Lobby last week...so now we're even.