WHATS NEW WITH COOL GABE

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The last few weeks have been busy for me. There have been a lot of new and exciting adventures that have been happening these past few weeks. Remember  that I mentioned about Christopher Coleman, who empowers people through his life story. I met him when he visited ARC one day. We had a great time visiting with each other.

My Mom took me to the high school where he was telling about his life story. My mom and I were moved by his testimony and amazed by what he had to say. If you are interested about Christopher Coleman, you can visit his web site.  Christopher Coleman.net.

Another new and exciting news that  happened, I finally received my new wheelchair. My chair is blue with custom made cushion seat that fits  my body shape. I also had a birthday last week. What a great birthday gift I received. I was so happy to have my new chair.

Springtime is here in Sebastian/Vero Beach area. In our classroom, we have been talking about springtime and gardening. I helped planted lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, corn, and bell peppers. The  bell peppers and corn  are sprouting a little bit. We been talking how to plant a garden this week.

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK


WHAT EXCITING NEW THINGS AND/OR PROJECTS YOU WILL BE DOING THIS SPRING?
WHAT IS IN YOUR GARDEN?


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Cool Gabe

springtime is here

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Spring time has arrived in Vero Beach, Fl. The weather is getting warmer, flowers and plants are blooming, and now it's time for planting.  This week I am learning about rock and roll. There are so many genres of rock and roll that it will take too long to list. I enjoyed listening  to different kinds of rock and roll from different rock bands and musicians. Spring time is for festivals. There is one coming up this weekend called the fire fighters festival.

There is someone coming to visit the Vero Beach and Sebastain area that empowers poeople. His name is Christopher Coleman, who is a motivated speaker, from Acworth, Georgia. He speaks to Christian  organizations, schools,workplaces and disabled groups throughout the world through Empowered Ministries/Empowered inc. He will be at the fire fighters festival on Friday night and on Saturday he will be at the Sebastain High school in the afternoon. I,Gabe Caldwell inspire people while Christopher Coleman empowers people.  For more information about Christopher Coleman, his web site (www.christophercoleman.net)

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MUSIC TIME

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   I have been learning about different types of music in the last few weeks. I learned about rhythm and blues, country, jazz and gospel so far. Next week I will be learning about rock and roll. I enjoyed gospel and country music better than jazz and rhythm and blues. It was nice to explore other kinds of music and can't wait to hear other types that I haven't  heard yet.


WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SINGERS AND MUSIC BANDS?

Next week is rock and roll music. Let's rock and roll!


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Happy Valentines Day week!  I want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day even though it was two days ago. I helped decorated the room with hearts for valentines day and made some hearts to put up on the bulletin board. here are some pictures of me making valentine hearts.

making a heart - putting stickers on my purple heart

picture of my purple heart

      I am  learning about different types of music in my classroom. So far I learned about gospel and rhythm and blues. I listened to different kinds of music on the cd.
What kind of music do you like?

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Cool Gabe

super bowl party

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My friend Mark (my van driver) came to my house for the super bowl party. We had a great time watching the game. My mom fixed fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn on the cob, yummy. My other friend Judy was over also, we all watched and cheered for the New York Giants. My sister,Taylor, had a bet with my mom about who was going to win the game. My sister won the bet of fifty dollars. Way to go sis! i cheered for the Giants! Yeah Giants. What a big day I had with my friends and family. Thanks Mark for for watching the game with us.

my friend mark and I at my house for super bowl game

Mark and I having fun

A big shout to my family in Indiana, especially to my cuz Desier who is at boot camp. My mom is from Kokomo  Indiana which is about 50 miles north of Indy.

My mom and I

My sister Taylor and I

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LET'S GET UP AND EXERCISE

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check out my new muscles

How many of you exercise everyday? I learned how to do exercises in my wheelchair (my yellow bus) this week. I learned to do new exercises with  my arms and legs. I exercise both in my classroom and on nice days, outside. It's recommended  that adults should exercise 30 minutes or more most days of the week if not everyday. Here is my challenge question. How many  of YOU are doing 30 minutes of exercise a day?

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 Cool Gabe

REPORTING FROM THE TROPICS

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Cool Gabe here reporting from the tropics.  I feel sorry for everyone up in the cold north, because I'm at work today wearing shorts and a T-shirt. 

As you know, I've been waiting for my new wheels.  I had a fitting recently for my new custom fitted wheelchair and it's a beauty!  To quote my mother,  "Woo Hoo!"  I want to give a big SHOUT OUT to Chris, the guy helping me with it, and to the scooter store because they are great.  Thank you!

Here's what been happening on the home front:

• My Aunt Mona and Joe came for a visit a couple of weeks ago.  We ate a lot of seafood  (I like to "see food and eat it").  We have so much wonderful, fresh seafood in Sebastian.  Shrimp is one of my favorite foods.  Aunt Mona and I enjoyed our visit.  
• Our neighbor, Ms. Vic and her family (kids Patty and Lenny and grandson Nick),  were over for Christmas dinner.  We had lots of great food.  Ms. Vic is one of my best friends!  Ms. Vic is from New York and is a great Italian cook which might be one of the reasons why we're such great friends.  Pasta, ravioli, spaghetti -- she can make it all!  It's always nice to share a meal with Ms. Vic.

Last week in my cooking class we used purple cauliflower from Veggies of Vero.  It was my first time to see it and eat it.  We cooked it up with some garlic, olive oil, and squash.  Yum!!!! 

Here's a fact that my teachers shared with us:  Purple cauliflower's color is caused by the presence of the antioxidant group anthocyanin, which can also be found in red cabbage and red wine.

Playing around in the kitchen!



Just having fun!

 Off for more adventures! 

Your friend,
Cool Gabe