I Love Big Red Toes

     I will start off with a story that I wish I had a picture of. If I had a picture this story would be sooooo much better. I had just got to school and one of my students run in the room and says, "Mr. Wynder, some kid has stuck his tongue to the hand rail outside and he is stuck!" I quickly ran outside with her, and sure enough there was a kindergartener with his tongue frozen and stuck to the hand rail. It was like "A Christmas Story" all over again (for those of you who know the movie, will get that). So I ran back into my room and grabbed a cup of warm water and came out to the kid. I looked down at his tongue which was bleeding by this point, and poured the warm water down onto it. His tongue slowly peeled of the metal rail and he was free from his 10 minute tongue prison, and without a word of "thanks" he was off like a shot. I was happy to help, and I know its bad, but the first thing I though of was that I should have taken a picture for my blog. Im bad, I know. BUT, the kicker in this part is who the kid was.....It was Nathan Smith's little boy. If you don't get the connection, I work with Nathan at the Junior High, so he was happy that I was able to help his boy keep his tongue. That next day I was told that some of the kids were saying "It was so scary until Mr. Wynder came, and saved the day". So I am kind of a big deal around here.

Brody helping Kristi make some
Home made soup.

     So, if that was not enough excitement for one morning. Right before my 1st period was about to start all my students started to gather around one of my windows and they were looking at the house across the street. One of the students said, "Mr. Wynder, some kid is going to kill his dog over here!" SO I went to the window and I saw a kid who was about 3 or 4 years old holding his little Chihuahua dog up in the air using his leash. The boy would then proceed to throw how dog into the bush right next to his house and then quickly lift him out again using the leash. So the kids in class would say, "Mr. Wynder you need to do something". Now anyone who knows me, knows that I am not much of a pet lover so fro me to go and do something should tell you how bad this kid was treating this dog. I grabbed my coat, went outside and walked across the street to the boy. He saw me and quickly made a break for the door dragging the dog behind him. I said, "Thats not a good way to treat you dog buddy", and he look and went in the house. I did knock and talk to his mom, and she made it sound like this was not the first time. Poor dog, probably just dreads it every time that kid goes near him. As I walked back to the school, I could see the class in the window sheering for me, and I raised my hands in victory. "Only you can prevent animal cruelty...well at least from 3 year olds". All that happened before school had even started for the day, so I knew that it was going to be a great day. I saved a kids tongue, and a dog from being choked to death and left in the bushes. Hahaha. oh, I mean that poor tongue and dog.

Tyson wanted to help make the
Soup as well.

Hockey Night in Cardston

     The hockey season is coming close to and end. I only have 2 more games in the Men's Rec Hockey here in Cardston. It has been a fun season playing here in town. Its good hockey, but it does not get too serious, which is good for me. This is just my 3rd year playing goal, so it has been a learning experience. I have played hockey for a long time, but just in the last few years there has been a shortage of goalies here in town. I have a friend in Edmonton who has played goal all his life and he had some equipment that he just gave me. So I decided to change and play goal. I love it, I have bought my own pads and mask - - So I think I am now a full time goalie.

New to the Goalie game, but doing a little
Better each time.

Registrations for Baseball are out and Softball is almost here! so this will be a busy year. I will be coaching Brody on his Coach Pitch team and I will also be coaching Haydn in his first year moving up to Minors. I hope that he does well and loves it, but it will be a big change to go from the coach pitching to having other kids pitch. So I will be coaching Brody on Mondays and Wednesdays and then coaching Haydn on Tuesdays and Thursdays....and then playing Softball in Lethbridge on Fridays. So May and June will be Crazy. Oh ya, and I run the whole Little League, so finding Umps, getting out uniforms and equipment, scheduling games, and organizing diamonds. YA CRAZY. Haha

First one in the Locker Room

Brody, Koji, Haydn, Kaz, and Takai
watching a Hockey game at West Ed.

Post game snack at about Midnight