Gabe's Birthday Part I

Some highlights to Gabe's b-day included a package from Grandma, making a volcano with rice krispie treat batter, his drums, and his dinosaurs. I heard him in bed awhile ago talking to his dinosaurs about his birthday and he sounded happy, so hopefully it was a good birthday for him.

I'm grateful that three years ago Gabe entered our lives. He's a blessing and a joy.

Moments

ONE
Monday night during Family Home Evening, we talked about Stranger Danger and we role played. Here's what happened

Dad (Stranger): Hey. Do you want to come with me?
Gabe: Sure!

At this point we thought we would have Gabe be the stranger so we could show him the "correct" response. It turns out he's a much more convincing stranger than scared child.

Gabe (Stranger): Hey, Dad. Do you want to come play with me? I have candy.
Dad: No! Get away!
Gabe: Are you sure?
Dad: Yes! I don't want to play with you.
Gabe: (A little bit hurt) Are you sure? You don't want to play with me Dad?

TWO


THREE
Gabe: Mom, what's in a volcano?
Mom: Lava
Gabe: No, it's diarrhea. And fire.

Random samping of the last several weeks

Fire Museum of Texas

We recently went to the Fire Museum of Texas. What a great place for little kids. They have a cab the kids can climb around, kid-size dress up firemen/women clothes, a kid-size house, and a huge playroom with fire stationy toys and books. The play room is actually called the "dormitory" so it also has two beds sporting sleeping "firemen" which the kids pretty much ignore. Gabe had a blast there with his friends.

This is Gabe's satisfied look.

These kids have grown leaps and bounds in cooperation and sharing this year. This was a rare moment of angst that brought our time in the fire engine cab to an end. Fortunately, they had a great time in the rest of the museum after this.