2 1/2 weeks!?

This weekend was awesome, I went camping with my girl friends! NJ was cold and wet, but it was still a blast. Just a nice time relaxing and enjoying each others company.  We couldn't see the full super moon, but thats ok, we wouldn't have been able to see it in MD either because of all the clouds.

So I only have 2 1/2 weeks of work left before my last day!! Wow.
I'm starting the clay gnomes with my 6th graders tomorrow. I'm crazy for doing clay with only about 5 more days with each group! Pinch pot, and slab...then fire and paint! I am totally going to "steal" the gnome drawing project from Mini Matisse. I think it will be a perfect sub lesson for the last 4 classes when I'll be out on maternity leave. I'm also going to have them make some Artist Trading Cards based on the things they've learned this year.  My 7th grade and 8th grade GT are doing simple collage/mixed media self portraits to finish up the year, so theres not so much stress there.  Though my regular 8th grade class just started making their plaster hand casts today....which didn't take long at all, and it went really smoothly.

I've already started cleaning and organizing my room for my last day for summer...but I still have a few things left to do.  I also have to get this yearbook distribution in order!! I am the yearbook sponsor and the yearbooks usually come out the last week of school...but since I wont be there, I need to make sure things are in order for an easy distribution for the administration because I normally handle EVERYTHING, they have no idea what to do. The plant that is printing the yearbooks has said they will be delivered the week of May 21st....so I'm really crossing my fingers that they are in before that Friday!! We ordered 700 books, so I have to organize them by homerooms, based off who purchased what, and how many! The end of the year with yearbooks is always the most hectic! I also have to get the back to school mailing ready for next year yearbook sales. I like to have them started the first of August, so that I know how many yearbooks we should print. We have about 1100 students in my school...so with only 700 being printed not every student gets one...but not every parent buys one for their students. The numbers have definitely went up since I've started sponsoring it though. Maybe cause the yearbooks are SO awesome now that an Art teacher is doing it! lol. 

Tomorrow is my last class for Art Forms in my Arts Integration Cohort!! It was fun, but I'm ready for a little break from being up at 5am and out till 8:30pm on Wednesdays!!

Thursday is the Very Special Arts Festival for all of the special education students in the county. I am going with my 8th grade GT student to volunteer at a make and take art station where they will be creating Alien Invasion Masks. The theme is "Out of this world".  So I've been busy prepping about 500 card stock masks. They need to be completed by the end of the day tomorrow!! I'm half way through!!  But at least Thursday will be a fun day, I will be outside at a beautiful park making fun art! Oh we also have our last doctors appointment for baby girl Element...we're switching from the hospital doctors to midwives! We are going to have a water birth....super excited!

Needless to say, things are CRAZY, and I'm nesting!! I want to organize and set up the baby stuff but I have no time or energy! Where is the time to write this post coming from!? haha. And I was having some strong contractions last night that woke me up! So maybe she'll be early...who knows. My first born was early but he was induced so I'm not sure exactly what to expect.

Well I hope everyone has had a great past couple of days!
Love & Light