Boys will be Boys

Crash! That is always the best part of playing cars.

Plant a Seed of Guilt and Watch it Grow!

Okay, when you have a child, a little seed of guilt is planted in your heart. Every time your child is harmed in any way that seed sprouts and roots and your guilt gets worse and worse. Well, as you probably saw on our family blog, Gabe had minor surgery last week. And though he is all better, I am not. He really was back to normal within a couple hours, but those hours that he was groggy and mad and sleepy and hurting were horrible for Hector and I too. Needless to say, I now have a whole bushel of guilt. So, the day after surgery we went to Toys-R-US. Maybe I can buy back good feelings? This is what Gabe got. HE LOVES IT. I highly recommend it. We play hide and seek for hours in it. And I am slowly trimming my hedges.

I call this his "Blue Steel". It is his mean look. And can be done on command.

Okay.... that's one way of getting in...

My Boy

Isn't he just adorable? Couldn't you just squeeze him forever?

A Girraffe is on the loose!

Ahhh, Halloween. We had to decide between a Giraffe or an Elephant. He can make and Elephant noise... but a Giraffe is so much more fitting right? We thought so. He loved his over stuffed tummy and bum! The frog next to him has also escaped the zoo...

DO you not see the candy in my hand Mom? Well.... what are you waiting for???

Gabe is obviously struggling to grasp the concept of waiting to eat the candy until you get home. He thinks that if he does not eat it right now, that it will magically disappear.

Isn't Mom the cutest Safari Guide you have ever seen? ;) Right. But it was fun!

Gabe and Dallas, coming back from a quick trip to the neighbors for a refill on candy.

Gabe and Cousin Brinley. I am not sure why but Brinley takes extra interest in whatever Gabe is doing. He certainly doesn't mind and I think Brinley feels a nice sense of control when she is around him. (don't know where she inherited that from)