VBS According to Peter

Day One (Adam and Eve)
There were three boys who had a goat.  Actually they were three girls.  They tied a rope to a stake and to the goat so it couldn't get away.  Then a huge frog came and tied a rope to our van and it was stuck.

Day Two (Shepherds Visit Baby Jesus)
The shepherds came to the barn to see Jesus sleeping.  Jesus was asleep on the hay, and he had two pillows, too.  There were three shepherds, and they took the sheep away from the big bear, who was lonely.  It ate Jesus, and He was broken in the bear's tummy - he was thiiiis small.  Then the shepherd fixed Jesus.

Day Three (Jesus Raises Jairus' Daughter, Jesus Calms the Storm)
There was a girl who was sick because she fell out of bed and hit her head.  She had a big owie on her head, and it didn't get better.  The disciples and Jesus were in the boat and they were all sleeping.  Then the disciples yelled and woke Jesus up, and they wanted Him to listen to God.  So Jesus said "stop" and the water stopped.  Then there was a big huge teddy bear who was mean, and the little teddy bear landed on his foot and he was mean too.

Day Four (Jesus Dies on the Cross)
It was a Saviour.  Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins.  God put him there, and the shepherds maybe.  Then the big teddy bear kicked the little teddy bear and he landed on top of a tree.  That wasn't very nice.  A man hid the bear under a lion bush, and then it was lost.

Day Five (Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven)
There was a little man, and he was sick.  The people were afraid because he was sick.  They put him in the jack and he couldn't come out, and he was lonely because he lived in a little box.  Jesus is our Saviour.  He went up into the earth, up into the sky without using a ladder.  He watches us, and Jesus and God live in our hearts. 

I could pretty much deduce what the actual story was each day, but his explanations were understandably quite puzzling.  He had all these strange details and definitely non-biblical storylines which were somewhat familiar to me but I didn't figure out why until Wednesday.  His teacher had also been reading to the children from W.G. Vandehulst's My Favourite Story Book, a book that I grew up with.  They must have heard the story of the "Two Little Sisters" on Monday, "A Teddy Bear That Grew" on Tuesday and Wednesday and then also "Lettie", perhaps "Grandpa's Watch on Thursday and then Friday they must have read a story about a Jack-in-the-Box.  It took some prodding each day but he did remember some details about the Bible story that they learned.  Of course, he's heard all those stories here at home already, but he'll hear them many times in the years ahead, and it's interesting to see how he learns from someone other than Mom and Dad.  He wasn't too keen on being left behind the first few days, but by the last couple days he was much more comfortable with being on his own, and he even sang in the program this morning.  Aaron was definitely not impressed with not being able to stay with his brother, because he wanted to "go Bible school TOO Mommy!!", and he complained that "I will be lonely!" It was a bit of a struggle to leave with him, but once we were busy with other things he was just fine.  It was an interesting week for all of us, to be sure.