In a word, it was crazy. Around 90 people showed up for the event - which would have been fabulous, except for the fact that we have a teeny, tiny facility with two rooms that can each hold around 20 people. We were literally bursting at the seams with kids and parents packed into every crevice of the facility. Have I mentioned lately that we really, really need more space at The GreenHouse?
Adding to the discomfort for me was the fact that Steve has a class on Wednesday nights so my kids had to come to the event with me. The twins were overwhelmed by all of the new faces and both needed "UP!" and my highly spirited five-year-old was continuously melting down from overstimulation - all while I was trying to do crowd-control and lead various activities (note to self: never bring your children to a GreenHouse event when you are working unless your husband can accompany you!)
It would be easy for me to focus on all the things that made the event extremely difficult. But, there were also some really neat things that happened, so I'm choosing to remember those here.
We worshipped and told the Good News of Easter in Spanish and English! One of our seventh grade students (and one parent) helped lead worship (very cool) and six of our elementary students performed an Easter skit for their peers, siblings, and parents.
We dyed 120 Easter eggs! And even though it was very crowded and we spilled colored water everywhere, the kids (and even the teens) had a great time doing it.
And, it just warmed my heart to see that these precious little girls wore their Easter dresses to our event! It was as if our annual Easter Celebration had become a tradition for their families...something worthy of a special dress.
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The girls looks so pretty in their dresses and from the smiles on the faces it looks like all had a fabulous time!
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