What a Wonderful World

There are so many moments when I really wish I had a camera crew following me around all the time. Like for all of Gabriel's "firsts" or when Justin slid across the floor in his socks and almost fell on his face. Hee hee. Or today in the car with Gabriel.

When I picked him up from school today, I helped him get into the car, and when I came around to get in the driver's seat, he was singing "What a Wonderful World."

I see trees of breeve
Red roses too
I see them blue
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world....


He kept going (with his own lyrics), and I thought he might like to listen to it in the car, so I downloaded from iTunes and hooked it up to the MP3 player. He listened for a few moments, and then told me that it was a different version of the song than the one they listen to at school. The one at school has a girl singing. And by the way, why is he singing like that?

And then he tried to sing like Louis Armstrong. Oh. Em. Gee. Where was my camera crew?!!!!!! That was one of the funniest things ever. :)

I'm sure you'll agree that they look alike and therefore must sound alike:

For your listening pleasure:

Christmas List 2014

For family-type people who might be thinking soon about Christmas gifts...
Here are things Gabriel has specifically asked for (*) and other ideas I have for him.
Most of these are simply examples of what I think he would like...not specific items I expect someone to buy.

**Updated 12/01/14: strikethrough on items that I know have been purchased for him; additional items listed**

A real guitar (*)
Something like this: Acoustic Guitar

A camera (*)
Nothing expensive, for instance: Digital Camera

A watch (*)
Something with a character on it, such as Mickey Mouse, a Paw Patrol character, or Lightning McQueen from Cars

An umbrella (*)
One made for kids with a character on it, such as Mickey Mouse, a Paw Patrol character, or Lightning McQueen from Cars

Building toys
Magformers
Lite-Brite
Stacker Pegs Set
Legos

Puzzles
USA
Continents
Pattern Blocks

Writing/Art
Magnatab board (not necessarily the lower case letters one)
Paint with Water books

Toys
Take-A-Part Airplane
Magnetic Dress Up Doll
Swtich N Go Dinos (he has Horns the Triceratops (blue) and Silver the T-Rex (green))
Paw Patrol figures with car:  Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, Ryder, Skye (he has Marshall and Chase)

Games
My Little Pony
Shelby's Snack Shack
Dino Meal
The Ladybug Game
Go Fish
Hiss

Outdoor
Ring Toss
Balance Board
Kick Croquet
Disc Golf goal

Boots and Cats

We had fun dancing after dinner tonight. :)

Do you know the Boots and Cats song? If not, you should check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlL7urX56g8

School Pictures Fall 2014

If I asked you who the cutest kid in the world is, you might answer that it is your kid. But you would be SO wrong. And I have photographic proof.

See? Told ya.

Halloween 2014

Gabriel decided he wanted to be a fireman for Halloween sometime around the beginning of September. He gave the same answer several times over a couple of weeks, so it seemed like a safe bet. And once his costume came in (thank you, Grammaw), he LOVED it. And continued to love it straight through Halloween.

First he practiced at Grammaw's to make sure it fit.

Then he and Will wore their costumes together.

And then we enjoyed trick-or-treating with two neighbor families. Here's Gabriel's fireman, Ruby's princess, Reno's Marshall (from Paw Patrol), and Ryla's cheetah. (Also, a young kitten followed our group around for a good portion of the night, so it's nice that he/she is in the picture, too.)

I wanted to get a better group shot of all the kids, but it turns out that 1 seven year old and 3 three year olds do not stand still very well. Especially when there is candy to be retrieved from houses!

It was SO much fun to go trick-or-treating this year since Gabriel understood the whole thing and we were with friends. Yay!

Happy Halloween!

Writing Songs

"Put your booty in the air and shake it all around. Shake it all around. Put your booty up and shake it in the air."

??

Don't know where this "song" came from...

Terms of Endearment

Me: Gabriel, do you want some dinner?

G: No, I'm not hungry, babe.