Three Is the Magic Number!

The Gabester is 3 today! And there is all sorts of magic going on. Here is a glimpse into his personality these days...

*"What you doing?" is in heavy, heavy, heavy rotation these days. Another big one is "what's that?" even on things that he knows what they are and what we are doing. Sometimes I think he just wants to see if we'll come up with a creative answer. Both of those questions are also usually followed up with the ever present "because why?"



*His imagination is in total overdrive these days. Laundry baskets are birthday cakes, we hide under the covers from the coyotes we see on Diego, a change sorter can be a scary ghost, etc. It's so fun to see what little scenarios he dreams up and what sticks in his mind from the day.


*He's big on compliments. He'll say 'nice dinner, Mommy' or 'nice cleaning, Mommy.' And for the record, every meal is 'dinner.'


*This Halloween season we were really big on 'scary yards.' We'd drive around town and rate them as 'no scary,' 'little bit scary,' or 'big scary.'

*Preschool is going much better. We had tears every day until the 7th class. Then we started letting him bring his trusty boo-ba and said that mommy couldn't go but his blankie could. Now boo-ba just hangs out in his backpack in case he needs it. He loves preschool and is a total chatterbox when I pick him up.


*Gabe is *obsessed* with baseball. I will say (cuz this is my blog about my kid) he is quite good for his age. Tees are for losers...we only pitch the ball and he hits about 18 out of 20 pitched balls and some have gone over our garage and many many have hit our windows. His throwing is very good too, complete with body twist. We watched the playoffs and needed to act out all exciting plays.


*He's a polite little boy. In addition to 'please' and 'thank you', he'll say 'excuse me' to anything in his way... 'excuse me arm' or 'excuse me paper.'


*He has a set of made up words that he uses randomly such has 'bomba, hingy, mombee, momba.' You could ask him what he played with today and he'll say 'bomba!' We don't know what they mean but they are nouns and seem to have a positive connotation and seem to be used when he wants to be silly, doesn't want to answer, or doesn't know the answer.


*Gabe will rock his charades team one day. If I can't understand what he's trying to say he'll act it out or give me another type of clue. For example he drew some snakes one day and I thought he said stripes and he said 'no, hissss.' Another day he was talking about a bridge and I couldn't understand him and he said 'not a tunnel.'


*He's big on the "I'm sorrys" these days, when he knows he does something I don't like and it usually comes a bit later. He'll all of sudden come up and say "I'm sorry I threw that (fill in the blank), mommy."



*Another big activity is music. He plays the drums every.single.day. He totally mimics the people he watches on you*tube. Someone just may have a special gift under the tree this year.



So there you have our little boy at 3! He is such a sweet, fun, smart, active little boy. I always say to him "Mommy must have done something pretty darn great in her life to deserve you" and that's the truth!
Happy Birthday, Gabriel YoungMin!!!!