Field Day

 (I love living in the shadows of a mountain range and I always will.)

Yesterday was field day and it was pretty good.  There were the struggles of herding children from station to station, but I told them I would carry neither water bottles nor jackets and for the first time ever, no one lost anything.  Pretty amazing.

Most of them had a good time.  The aides and specialty teachers run the stations and do a great job.  Besides field day we did some math and I read to them--I am in the second to last chapter of our Humphrey book.  

The teachers beat the 6th graders in the kickball game and the PTA sold candy to the students and I think they made good money!  Most of the younger kids sit in the grass and eat candy and ignore the game.  Alissa and Miriam both played kickball so I was minding the third grade.  A boy in Miriam's class couldn't find his money.  He 100% knew that he had brought it outside.  I offered Takis for anyone who could find it and they fanned out around the grass, scouring the place.  

One of Alissa's students came up to me and said, "I'll share my money with him if he can't find his."  They really are the sweetest sometimes.

Finally the boy said, "Maybe I left it in the classroom..." So a group was sent on a quest back to the classroom.  Sure enough it was there.

I opened soda cans for kids who bought soda, but couldn't open it.

One of my students came up to me with a wad of chewed up caramel.  He showed me that one of his teeth was stuck inside.  I said, "Wow," because I had no other way to respond.  He dug the tooth out and held it out for me and I really didn't want it.  I said, "Do you have a bag the candy came in?"

He fished a ziplock bag out of his pocket and said, "It might have a hole in it."  Then he stuck his finger in a hole and said, "Yep."

I said, "Well put it all in your pocket."  He put the holey bag and tooth in his pocket and popped the caramel back in his mouth.

Besides that, I told everyone who asked if they could use the bathroom to go in the PE door because it was open.

Today we will do all the end of year things for real--I will show them the slide show, give them their awards, clean out desks, send everything home.  Friday is an hour and a half long and a lot of kids don't come.  I don't know why we go through that charade, but we do.

Also today (late), Adam is coming home.  That guy is having about 5-6 weeks of traveling off and on.  Happily I will be along for some of it.