Mermaids at the Lake?

This week is VBS week at Rocky Peak and I am helping out in the Bible Blast storytelling room.  The sets, props, and costumes are quite elaborate and it has been fun watching all of the day's dramas come together.  

Today we told the story of Peter walking on water.  Our set was a boat in which the children sat, an old Jerusalem-type city skyline in the background, and ocean waves around the perimeter.  I told you it was elaborate!  As we were building the set yesterday, the team's creative minds decided it would be fun to add an orca whale, sea bird, and mermaid to the set by having members of the team dress up as such characters.  

I was nominated to be the mermaid.  I wore a floor-length royal blue sequined dress with aqua and royal blue sequined scarves tied to my wrist and wrapped around my head as if a crown.  It was something!  And the kids loved it!  The little girls were in awe of the sequins.  Calleigh proudly told her friends "that is my mom!"  The orca whale was fabulous!  She even talked whale like Dory in Finding Nemo.  The sea bird was hilarious!  She squawked, did the whole "mine" thing from the "mine" birds in Finding Nemo.  She even squawked things throughout the story like "focus on Jesus, squawk!" The whole production was a sight.  Our storyteller was Captain Courageous, and she did a great job communicating the Bible story to the kids while making it a fun learning opportunity.  So, I guess there really are mermaids, whales, and sea birds at the lake!