Adventures with two year olds

In our congregation, it's my job to work with the 18 month to 3 year-olds in the nursery. They're a hoot.

Today, I helped several kids build a "castle" which they had quite the time with. 

It only got a little hairy when one kid (the one crouching in the second shot) decided it might be fun to knock a couple panels out... with other kids around. The "castle" was pretty secure on it's own, but when a kid of his size threw his whole wight against a wall, it didn't exactly act like concrete.

After that a bag of balloons was opened up and eventually a bunch of the kids thought it would be fun to sword fight me (ok, that was probably per my instigation) which ultimately resulted in me being cornered by 2 year-olds as they pummeled me with balloons. I didn't happen to get a photo of that - can't imagine why. It was a hoot though. I was hee-hawing and "ouch" ing like nobody's business. The kids thought it was a riot, and other adults thought it was rather funny too.

Fun kids!