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.

Easter

Our Easter weekend included an Easter Egg hunt at the local park. Gabe was very happy with his loot of two eggs.

His age range was Pre-K to 2nd grade and he was a bit overwhelmed
with the other 500 kids also clamoring for eggs.

Josh, on the other hand, didn't have that great of a time.

Today, we had some friends over and had our very own Easter egg hunt, as well as a presentation of Resurrection Eggs.

Here are K and Gabe running around for eggs.

For dinner, we made Easter Pie. One of my sister's best friends grew up making Easter Pie with her family. Every year, the Saturday before Easter, they invited friends to partake of it's goodness. 3 years ago I found that their son had divulged their "secret family recipe" online. It's become our tradition since.

Gabe helped roll out the dough.

Brian layered.

And Josh cheered on the culinary efforts.

More than Easter Pie and Easter Egg hunts, we're grateful for a Savior who lived again so that we may also live. We're grateful that we can become an eternal family through his Sacrifice and Love.

Play dough and Mr. Potato Head Meet