Catcher with a glass arm

Catcher with a glass arm is about a catcher named Jody who can not come to throw because he thinks he  will over-throw the ball. I really like this book because Jody and I have a lot in common, the author of the book used a lot of play-by play discriptions that made me feel like I was on the feild, and he used interesting words like Moonie sizzeld a grounder to first.

Christmas Cut-outs

He was so proud,he even let me take a picture.

I do not know why the blog
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 know how to rotate it manually- ugh.

Xavier did such a nice job with his school work today, I wanted to share it here.  He has worked with this format before,  It involves coloring 3 shapes, then cutting them out, and pasting them on the matching outline.  Today I challenged him to turn each shape into a Christmas item.  I let him watch as I did so on my own sheet, then he did his (almost) all by himself.  Cole drew some dots to help him trace the heart to make his ornament.  Other than that, it is all his work. 

gymnastics

                                                                                                                         Evan and I were scheduled to perform before the Dickens parade on Friday Dec. 2, but it was raining. I thought we were done with the routine but Miss Cathy wants us to do it at our end of the semester performance. You can watch the video by clicking it. There are little white arrows in the corner that will let you full screen it.

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians

Cole

Evan

We made handprint Indians over the course of the last week.  The finishing details were finally complete yesterday afternoon.  It can be a challenge for me to step back and let the students be in charge of the creative process, but it always turns out well . . .   A drip of paint in the wrong place turns in war paint. 
And don't you just love Xavier's Indian?!  It was the best thing about my day.  Though I'm sure I can't capture the complete essence, I will try. 
 I gave him his handprint to add the face and headband.  He started by decorating the headband and then moved on to writing letters, chattering about "This is how I spell 'handprint'".  When he was done with that, he asked me, "Is this how you spell 'handprint'?" But before I could answer (I was standing right next to him), he announced "This is how I spell hand- NO this is how I spell "footprint"! Ever amused with himself.  I told him he needed add a face.  He made one tiny dot with the marker, which I said was okay, but I think a brother mentioned that it should be bigger.  So bigger it got.  I saw the intermediate stage of him coloring in the eyes and thought, "Well, we're going to have to come up with a good Indian name for that one."  Big Eyes came to mind immediately, but I thought I'd wait till the end and see what transpired.  I was a little surprised when I came back and saw the nearly finished product.  As if Xavier had read my mind and the "Big Eyes" thought, he said, "He's looking for white men." (We just finished reading Clyde Robert Bulla's Squanto.)  Perhaps this Indian is going incognito with dark glasses, because a minute later, Xavier asked, "Will the white men shoot him?"  Lastly, I love the way he appears to be a thoroughly modern Indian with cool sunglasses and the assertion "I Roll", which is complete serendipity. Yes, I think he is the coolest Indian ever.

Mom

Pull! Skeet Socks!

Is dove season over??  It was just beginning when I first tried to post this video.  I also tried to edit it down some.  Thought I had done a nice job in Windows Movie Maker, but I couldn't get it to load on the blog.  Finally getting back to it today.  So you get the longer version, but I think it's real cute.  This was on a weekend morning and I swear, I have no idea how they came up with this.  Anyone who can teach me to edit video (and transfer it to different virtual places), bring it on. 

Untitled from C Schuelke on Vimeo.

A Fungus Among Us

Evan noticed this oddity in the yard today and asked what it was.  I investigated and told them it was a mushroom.  The boys informed me that it "shoots dust".  How do you know that?  "We banged on it."  Well, of  course you did.  Silly question on my part.

ARMY, NAVY, MARINES!!!!

This truck is awsome, fantastic, and nothing can beat it. I really want to disign something like it.





Detachable guns.

   

Truck over rough ground.





Looking out of the driver's seat.





The trailer holds a lot.













Must have satelllites to watch those horns (when I'm off duty).  







Lots of guns, guns, guns, guns, and more guns



This is the hitch, I would change it if, I had something to change it to.







The truck!



Landmine detectors.