Here you are....I feel this picture kinda "says it all" about you right now, Gabe. You were getting ready for bed as I snapped this, and we have this thing with leaving your shirt kinda on your head the way it is in the picture...and you say "look at my orange hair, Mommy!!" You think it's just the funniest thing, and you do it almost every night.
Look at those eyelashes. And the food on your face....there are not too many foods you won't eat...although, you are way more likely to eat vegetables and fruits than you are meat or bread. I'd say your two favorite foods right now are pizza and pickled beets - I'll bet that's pizza sauce on your face in the picture. :) Then there's the marker on your elbow...oh how you LOVE to color and especially with markers. In recent weeks, you have really impressed me with your coloring skills. You frequently tell me "I did not scribble, mom!" and you really don't! So often now I watch you coloring (or "colorling" as you so cutely say it) and you're so careful, and you're really able to stay in the lines so well for your age. This picture just epitomizes "3 year old Gabe."
Your sweet little expression just melts me.....you have that little half grin that one finds on your face quite often. You're just mischevious enough to have fun, but still oh-so well behaved. Your Sunday school teachers (Miss Nancy and Miss Julie) tell your Daddy and me all the time just how well you listen and obey, and so do all of your teachers at ABC. That makes me so proud. It will always be my goals to raise you to be a guy who loves Jesus above all, closely followed by your family....and for you to always be a polite, respectful, but FUN little guy. :)
You have really gotten to an age where it is very fun to watch you play. You like to climb, you like to play games, you love books, and you LOVE your Thomas trains that you got for your birthday and Christmas in 2011!
Here are my memories, and few of my favorite Gabe-isms as of late:
~He LOVES beets.
~He loves trains: hearing them, seeing them, playing with them, etc.
~He absolutely ADORES both of his sisters. He is always asking about Tessaira when she's not with us, and follows her every move when she is with us. He is always entertaining Lauren and trying to make her laugh - he also calls her "Grin-cakes" just like Grandpa does.
~He calls coloring "colorling", he loves to do it, and for a three year-old seems very good at it to me. He does a great job of being as careful as he can and staying in the lines.
~He is very perceptive....sometimes to the point where he's able to call people out on things. Funny story...the other day we were playing at Grandpa and Grandma's house (my parents' house). And he LOVES his Grandparents....and loves the time he spends with them. Well Grandpa was sitting in a chair near where Gabe was playing, watching Gabe. Gabe excitedly asked Grandpa to "come and play with me!" to which Grandpa replied "Oh I am playin' with ya buddy!!" And Gabe said....."no you're just sitting there..." in his little three year old way. It busted us all up. :)
~His favorite CD at the moment is a little Veggie Tales bedtime CD (that we listen to frequently at all times of the day, especially in the car) where Junior Asparagus sings songs like "Twinkle Little Star" and "Bushel and a Peck".
~One of his favorite times of day is each evening, as we go through our tuck-in routine. We read (favorite books right now are "Goodnight Moon", "Goodnight Gorilla", "Tanka Skunk", and his little picture Bible-especially the stories of David and Foliah (Goliath), and baby Moses), and then we pray. And we always say "Now I lay me down to sleep..." but it's when that prayer is over that he gets in his element. We also pray to God for what we're thankful for....usual items for him are his bunk beds :) and his family. And then we pray for our petitions...our concerns....and he LOVES mentioning people to remember and pray for. His Papa (Shawn's dad) is dealing with some health issues right now, and he always asks to pray for him. Tessaira's mother lost her job and was on a search for a new one, and once Gabe learned about that he was always wanting to pray for Arin about that too. Just a couple more examples. :)
~He is just so sweet, especially for a little boy. I'm not saying that I think little boys do not care about anything, but he just really knows how to love on people, and shows so much love for all his family, especially his sisters. And he is usually very obedient and eager to please his parents.
~His favorite places to go right now are anywhere with "equickment" to play on (so Pizza Hut, McDonald's, etc.) :) He also enjoys going to the mall and shopping and playing on the equipment there. And Topeka recently added a "Going Bonkers" which he LOVES running around and playing at.
I will close this post just by letting Gabe know how incredibly special he really is, and that it is our prayer that he continue to grow up to just have a deep love of God and of all the people in his life....and that he'll keep making us laugh. The next story is one small example of the laughter he brings.....and all I can say is, please keep it coming, bubby!!!
A few weeks ago, I was sitting on the floor in the living room, watching Gabe play. At that moment, he had his little "play" Nativity set out. Yes it was January, but this is one that we keep in their toy drawer year-round for them to play with. And, it's a pretty involved set, it has several angels and animals and haybales, in addition to the traditional people characters. He'd been acting out little scenarios with various players, and I'd been overhearing little snippets of his conversations, but for some reason he'd gotten animated enough that I really zoned in on what he was saying and doing at that moment....and he had Mary in his right hand, and a little donkey in his left. And he was adamantly waving Mary around as she said to the donkey "NO NO!!! We don't poop on baby Jesus! We gotta take care of him!!"
Hahahaha. :)
Well said, Gabe.....well said. :)
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