The other day Gabriel quietly disappears to his room and after calling out his name "Gabriel where are you?" and hearing no response Josh goes to look for him and finds Gabriel like this...
I think I have mentioned before, but in case you didn't know, my mom, Gabriel's Oma, is his favorite person in the whole world. I think he even likes her more then he likes me... sigh.
Gabriel walks around our apartment most days saluting with his hands saying 'yes sir Oma, yes sir Oma' over and over and over and... you get the idea. Yep, she taught him this. It's cute. He does it every day.
I had a band-aid on my finger because I had a blister and Gabriel asks me if I have an owie, I say yes, he says 'Mama cut chicken? Oma cut chicken.' See last time we were at my parents my mom told him that she cut her finger while cutting chicken, so since I had an owie, it must be the same as Oma's.
Every teddy bear that Gabriel goes to bed with is from his Oma. Two out of the now four blankets Gabriel insists on going to bed with are from his Oma.
Every time we get in the car, Gabriel asks if we're going to see Oma.
When Gabriel sees Oma he about knocks her down with a bear hug!
Gabriel loves his Oma! I think it's cute!
This is Gabriel and his Oma , yes he's naked like it seems he is in most picture... see you don't understand, my kid is messy. I have to take his clothes off to eat and at many other moments... it's rare to see him fully clothed in this house, especially now that's he's potty training. Anyway.
The other night we went to Bentleyville! The was Gabriel's second time going, though he doesn't remember last year, and it was Eli's first time going.
I bought this shirt at a garage sale this last summer. I thought it looked familiar when I bought it but I thought maybe one of my nephews had the same shirt.
If you haven't guessed already, I love to bake. To me it's fun, relaxing and a way that I can be creative. I've been known to throw things together to create something new and yummy and I have also been known to throw things together and create something not so delicious and yummy. Still, I love to bake. I love to bake so much that many times, I would bake things just to bake them and then find someone to give them too because I didn't really want to eat what I baked, I just wanted to bake it!
Two years ago Josh and I lived in an apartment that had free basic cable. I found this show called Amazing Wedding Cakes and I LOVED it! I think they only had one season and I watched every episode every time it was on, even if I had already watched it three times. I'm not kidding when I say I absolutely loved this show. Josh thought I was a little nuts but I couldn't get enough of it. It made me want to make cake. I mean, I've always wanted to make those nice fancy cakes that you see at weddings but this show made me really REALLY want to make cake.
Then we moved to South Korea and I never made the cake. It was always in the back of my mind but I never had the chance really to make anything. Then the other day we were looking through Netflix and we found seasons of Cake Boss. Seriously, when we came across it I was way overly excited. Just ask Josh. We've been watching the episodes and it made me want to make cake even more! So yesterday, I made my first two tier fondant cake!
Do you have any idea what it takes to get a good picture of Gabriel? No? Let me inform you. See Gabriel is not one of those kids that like to have their picture taken and will sit there patiently while you click away on your camera with an award winning smile on their face. Oh no. Gabriel doesn't like to have his picture taken. Actually, I don't even know if it's that because sometimes, rarely, he asks to have it taken. I think it's more Gabriel likes to make it difficult to take a good picture. Really, truly enjoys making it difficult.
Like in this picture, this is when I asked Gabriel to smile and look at me.
Today is the first day of December! Do you know what that means? It means that it's time for advent calendars!
When I was growing up my family always had advent calendars. My mom came from Germany when she was 5 years old and she had them when she was little so she wanted us to have them too. Advent calendars are more of a European thing then an American thing though. I don't recall many of my friends doing it when I was younger and I still know very few people that do it. Anyway. My mom had quite a few advent calendars and each of us children would get to pick one to hang up in our room and every day we would get to open up a flap and see what was behind it. It was always the most fun thing for me and I wanted to be able to share this experience with my children.
Problem is, America isn't very big on advent calendars. You don't find them all over the store like you do in Europe. So I went online. I was able to find some very cute ones at A Bit of Britain and Vermont Christmas Company. I ended up getting quite a few of them because I couldn't decide which ones were the cutest and I figured that my kids will use them for years to come like I did when I was little. This year though we're hanging them all up!
So if you don't like topics that children talk about and the sheer openness of a two year old, then you might not like this post. But, I had the funniest moment with Gabriel this morning!
Gabriel at the breakfast table, face beat red holding his breath: *Grunt* "Mama, I *Grunt* poop on potty *Grunt*"
Me: "I'm pretty sure you are pooping in your diaper."
Gabriel: "No! *Grunt* I poop *Grunt* on potty!"
Me: "Well we can go poop on potty, let's go."
Gabriel: "Mama, *Grunt* I BIG poopy!"
Hahaha!
On another note. My five and a half month old seems to think that he can put his hand in his mouth the same time he is nursing... he doesn't seem to have figured it out that he can't nurse and eat his hand at the same time.
