1.5 days and counting

School is out in 1.5 days (yes, I am worse than the kids). This is sad to admit, but this hasn't been my best year teaching, so consequently I am ready for it to be over. I always miss the kids when it is really over, but for now I am pretty sure I would be okay not seeing them for a while. The weather here in Utah hasn't helped much. It has been so dreary and caused lots of inside recess days. We were supposed to take a field trip last Thursday, but it was rained out so we had an "indoor field trip" It actually turned out surprisingly well. I was exhausted at the end of the day, which is normal for a field trip day. We just rotated the kids through all of the first grade classrooms doing activities like play-dough, read-a-thons, movies, PE and bubbles. I was appointed bubble task master. For anyone who wants to make homemade bubbles here is the recipe: (Don't eat it)

glycerin (found at your local pharamacy)
dawn soap
water

Notice, that I didn't put any amounts. . . that is because I guessed every time. The more glycerin you put in the more "plastic" the bubbles are. It ended up being a fun day. The kids made wands out of pipe cleaners, and went to town with the bubble solution, pipe cleaners and straws.