The piano man

Our little protege...OK, maybe not, but he seems to look like he knows what he is doing at the piano. The sound quality isn't as good as it could be due to the cellphone, but he was having a Beethoven moment minus the crazy hair.

Thanksgiving Day

Getting a little snack in while waiting for the meal. He didn't want to eat the turkey or the ham...booger.

Baby Leah's First Thanksgiving. She enjoyed the mashed potatoes and all the attention from the family. Can we say "S-P-O-I-L-E-D"?

Gabriel checking out all the activity in the kitchen. Not sure what he was doing or thinking.

After the meal and after everyone went home. We went outside to get some fresh air. After playing with his sandbox, he wanted to go out in the back with the dogs. Gabriel decided it was "broom time" and the video will show what he did with the broom and all that was in his way.

Autumn Artwork

Here are some of the artwork created (with help) by the one and only Gabriel! The turkey is made with his little hand prints. The little slice of pie is my favorite so far. So cute. I need another fridge to hang them all.

Gabriel's 1st Thanksgiving party!

Gabriel was sitting like a good little boy when I got to his class party. They had mac n cheese so he was ready to eat! Later, they had a wind down time before the end of class and they all laid down on the floor to "chill out". The video only caught the end of Gabriel being called up to the board to move his name from the right side where the school is to the left where it says he is going home. It was cute and he knew his name card and went straight to it and did what he needed to do. Afterwards, they go and get their gear and wait in line to walk down the hall to get on the school bus to go home. It is so nice to see him doing so well in class. My big boy!

Disney Live show

Gabriel freaked out when he saw the large concert hall. He cried for about 15-20 mins until the show started and the Disney characters started to dance and sing. He loved the Disney book Gramma got the kids and as very into reading and looking at the photos in there. As you can see, there are quite a few zombie stares going on while the show was in action.

During intermission, Gabriel sat nicely and read his book and even got a kiss from the birthday girl, cousin Christiana.

Gabriel walking with his classmates

This is Gabriel holding hands with his classmates and walking down the hallways to his class. He is second kids from the left with the khaki backpack. It is fuzzy since they were on the move. He seems to enjoy being there and being with the other kids. He still looks back to make sure I am there and gets a bit whiny when I say my goodbyes, but it is NOTHING like it was in the beginning. Thank goodness!

"Gabriel"

Gabriel and I were in bed and I got him to say his name for the first time!!! It was so exciting so all I could do was video tape it on the cell phone in the dark. There was a better audio of it where he says his name at least 5 times, but he deleted it before I could save and send it. Here I manage to get him to say it once, he was getting over it. All he wanted was his "Percy" that he couldn't find in the bed. I hope it comes out well enough for all to hear.

Gabriel playing with Christiana

Gabriel is older by 10 months and it has taken quite awhile for him to happily play with Christiana and not try to get away from her or ignore her. When she was younger she wanted to play and be with "D", but being a typical male, Gabriel didn't understand and didn't want to have to much to do with her. He calls her "D" too and they still have their moments, but for the most part they now play very well together. OK, except for when it comes to the Disney Princess' push toy.

The Crazy PBS music

I finally got it on video! He cracks me up since he does it every time the music comes on. I will have to try to get it with the regular camera so I can get a better quality shot and audio. Still, it gives you an idea what he does. You will now when the music starts and ends just by the way it just kicks in. It just makes him go crazy!

Gabriel hanging out.

Just some photos of Gabriel while we were at my parents' house during the yucky November Nor'easter.

Look what Gabriel has learned to do.

Why is Gabriel so bad? He is doing this to his favorite cousin no less. It was like he was trying to bring the bull down by its horns. Poor Marika. I decided to help her in the end since she was unable to do so herself. Gabriel is a bad baby.

Assistance needed in Aisle 5

Gabriel found a perfect play spot in the cracker/cookies aisle. He got his 2 little trains and started to play right there in the middle of the aisle. It was a busy Sunday at the grocery store. The other shoppers were either amused or acted like nothing was going on as they walked pass him with his little butt hanging out of the saltine crackers shelf. 15 minutes later we managed to move on without any drama. Whew!

Chinese Jumping Beans

Here is Marika and Gabriel jumping up and down on the bench. Gabriel is able to say "jump" in Mandarin and we were hoping he would say it while the camera was on. As usual, he didn't. They are so silly.

Gabriel carries what he wants.

Gabriel walking with Thomas track box...would not let it go. He was like a little salesman. a nightmare. He ended up acting like a turd at the checkout so he didn't get it.