Boys will be boys...

Now.... don't get me wrong... generally there are no play weapons here at school....but I will say that Razzi (Raffa's big brother) and Fox were being posers - lol and not really fighting. I'm thinkin' they knew I was picture taking and were having a bit of fun - so I let it fly a bit. They were well behaved with their "bows and arrows". You can tell we are almost to summer - the big kids are here - a day off. But we have to restate the rules for the incoming big kids. They are a great crew though and will regroup in short time.

That said - it has been my experience as a teacher, that if you eliminate every single thing in your classroom that looks like a weapon of any kind, most boys will find something to use as one. The darling pic of Raffa with the blue blurr - is actually a blue elephant watering can - but in this picture it is without doubt a gun. We redirected the crew to other less weapon oriented pursuits....their next choice... feeding the funnel spider on the side of the yard - Mr. Big... don't ask what they feed him. Yikes - how about a bit of finger painting now.....

Needless to say - wrangling kiddos and dogs keeps me away from my artwork this week - but - whooo hoooo it's a three day weekend!! Namaste, Sarah