The Wee day began like many other wonderful Wee days. There were smiles, uncertain goodbyes, letter explorations and writing projects….

…..Wee gymnasium workouts and balance beam practice….

…a healthy breakfast…..Chex and orange slices…

…a family of slugs hunt…and the sweetness of the slug discovery…

 

…ice cream preparation and sales….

…and a multi-step dump truck project.

 

And then something happened. Something the teachers couldn’t have planned with even the best intentions for a rich educational experience. When Melinda came into the yard, Elliott took her hand and said…”Look.”

And there it was. A very brave and skilled man (Steve) was standing in our neighbor’s tree. What ensued was an hour long mini-field trip to our neighbor’s back yard to study how Bobby, Steve and Eric from

removed our neighbor’s tree from the tip top to the ground.

It was very loud but our friends remained very interested. Melinda explained that what was flying out of the chute, into the truck, was mulch. Bobby willingly salvaged some of the mulch for our friends to better explore.

Bobby laughed and said that the log he was carrying weighed as much as four Wee Friends!Eric explained how to tell the age of the tree and also what the liquid oozing from the center of the log was.

By counting the rings in the log, friends discovered that this particular tree was 15 years old.

Our thank you came in the form of song as we belted out familiar repertoire: “Jackhammer Joy”, “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Wee Friends, Anthem #1”.

The guys hung around for a photo op and we got to see pictures of Eric’s new 6 week old newborn, Shelby Grace.

 

We can’t thank “A Cut Above” and Bobby, Steve and Eric enough for sharing so generously their time, daring feats and expertise. YOU MADE OUR DAY!

Here are a few anonymous quotes. The first parent to match five quotes with their owner will win a batch of homemade WF cookies!!

Kid Quotes:

• “Those guys better be careful! Hey guys..be careful!”
• “It was very loud.”
• “There was white stuff coming out of the tree.”
• That can become pencils or paper.”
• “They put the wood in there and they turned it on a cut it.”
• “I like how they cut it.”
• “Cut.”
• “Bobby was my favorite. He carried the big giant log and he was nice.”
• “My favorite was when he cutted the tree.”
• “There was a man in a yellow shirt.”
• “I liked when they took a picture with us.”
• “They carried big logs! They did it!”
• “I liked when we sang to them and when the guy screwed up the wood.”
• “I liked the tree coming down and the guy climbing in the tree!”
• “I liked watching the noise. The wheel goes ‘cuz the log goes in, like that.”
• “I don’t want to talk about it right now.”
• “I didn’t like it.”
• “There’s blue rope, just like my dad’s.”
• “This looks like a piece of chicken.”

Teacher Quotes:

• “I know I’m getting old when just watching makes my joints ache.”
• “They really went out on a limb for us.”
• “Look! A real life Jack in the Beanstalk!”
• “Oh goody! More logs!”
• “The lesson plan for today is life experience!”
• “I noticed there were big spikes on (Steve’s) shoes used to dig into the tree so he could climb up.”
• “They were a cut above!”
• “That’s a dangerous piece of equipment!”
• “O my gosh, they are very strong!”
• “I’m stumped in amazement!”
• “This is tree-mendous!”
• “This is better than The Music Man!”
• “O my god! Their muscles are huge and strong!”
• “They must eat a lot of Wee Sprouts!”
• “When we are done, we’ll act like a tree and leave.”
• “This is building community.”

Contest in effect ‘til we have a winner. Come on….it will be fun…..