Pancake Wars

On the way to school this morning, Gabriel was finishing his breakfast of mini pancakes. He was sort of banging them against each other with load banging-against-each-other sound effects.

Then he would look at one pancake and ask, "Are you ok, pancake? Yes? ok." And then bang them together again.

Kid cracks me up.

The Jed Bartlet of the Preschool Set

If you're familiar with the character of Jed Bartlet from The West Wing, you might also have seen actor Martin Sheen put his jacket on in a unique way. Check it out about 2/3 of the way through this clip:

Gabriel is either preparing for life as an accomplished actor or to run for president. (He already has a Hispanic name, so perhaps we should start thinking of stage names for him...)

Hello, My Name Is...

Yesterday, Gabriel's attire for preschool included a shirt just like this...

...except from a souvenir shop we visited on our trip to Niagara Falls last summer.

The school had a dentist come and talk to the kids about dental heath and brushing their teeth. At the end of his presentation, he asked the kids if anyone had a question.

Gabriel raised his hand, so the dentist looked at him and said "What's your question, Batman?" And Gabriel replied firmly, "Gabriel."

Not sure why he raised his hand, but once called on, it was very important that he be properly addressed. :)