Preschool Graduation

At Gabriel's preschool graduation, they called up each graduating student and announced what he or she wanted to be when they grew up. 

There were a number of princesses, some doctors, a couple of mommies, but only one dad. Gabriel said he wants to be a dad when he grows up. :)

Gabriel and his Primary class teacher, Ms. Karima. They started out as Fireflies and then changed their class name to Dandelions when they moved to building 2.

Gabriel and his Pre-Primary class teacher, Ms. Tracy. He started at Sunrise as a Doodlebug with Ms. Tracy. 

After the graduation ceremony, there was an all-school carnival. I didn't get pictures of the jumpy house, the balloon animal clowns, or the snow cones, but G got to ride a pony and he enjoyed the animals at the petting zoo. 

Gabriel and his buddy Grant Michael.

Oh, and today, about a month later, G told me "Mommy, when I grow up, I want to be a dad. Actually, I want to be my dad. I want to floss kids' teeth....Maybe I want to be a dentist."

First Bike!

Gabriel's birthday present from us was his first big kid bike.

This video is from the first day he got it. He had taken a small tumble earlier, thus the bandages on his knees. Luckily, they didn't deter him much at all.  Every time he rides he shows more control and less fear. :) He does donuts in the living room. (Let's not talk about that.)

Galveston Trip June 2016 in Pictures

Last month we spent a couple of days in Galveston with Jordan, Cory, and Will.

The first day we were there was kinda rainy, so we stayed inside and played games. Gabriel and Will practiced being Robot Turtle programmers. They were pretty good at it!

The next day we took a trip to Moody Gardens.

First we pretended to be frogs.

Then Gabriel fell into one of the ponds in the Rainforest Pyramid, but I didn't get any pictures of that. He was soaking wet from shorts down and panicked because he thought he had creatures all over him. It was both hilarious and terrible.

Then we sized ourselves up against penguins.

Then we saw a few films including a 3D-movie about sharks.

We spent that evening in downtown Galveston where we walked around, saw some "big boats" at the dock, and watched them make salt water taffy at the candy store.

The next day we went down to the beach and played in the water and the sand. Gabriel is still not a fan of water splashing in his face...and that's hard to control at the beach...so he spent most of his time on the sand and in water no higher than his calves. But he let mom or dad carry him out into slightly deeper water a couple of times to bounce up and down in the waves.

All that play at the beach made for a tired kid who found a way to get some rest. I think he was pretty comfy!

We had a lot of fun and hope we get to go back!

Things said lately

On the way home from school the other day:

G: Mom, if you want to ask me what I did at school today, I'll say "Please leave a voicemail. I'm not available. Beep."
Me: Should we try that?
G: Yes
M: G, what did you do at school today?
G: Please leave a voicemail. I'm not available. Beep.


On the way home from a long afternoon at Moody Gardens in Galveston:

G: All I want to do is lay down on the couch, suck my finger, and watch a LOT of Paw Patrol.