Friday, December 17, 2010

Gabriel where are you?

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...


Hiding!

Cheeky!

I wish I could hide my whole self behind a shovel!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Oma

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.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Bentleyville

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.


Gabriel was in pure heaven the entire time we were there. He loved the lights!

This would be him, trying to figure out how to eat his cookie with gloves on...

Mama had to let him take his glove off while he ate his cookie which then started a chain reaction of him continually taking off his glove, but we won't go there:)

This would be Eli, being extremely tired and just watching the lights from the stroller before he fell asleep for the remainder of the time.

The cutest and most fun part of the evening is when Gabriel saw the people dressed up as snowmen, penguins, and reindeer! The first time he saw a big snowman he ran up to it and gave it a huge hug! It was the cutest thing ever! From that point on he would walk slowly, looking at the lights until he saw one of his fluffy friends and then he would take off running for them and give them the biggest hug!

I had the hardest time getting a picture of him hugging them though.
He would be the black blob growing out the penguins side:)

This picture was when all these people were posing for a picture and Gabriel ran right into their picture to give the reindeer a hug! Haha!

We even got to roast marshmallows!

We had so much fun! We can't wait for another warm (well, there's not really such a thing as 'warm' in Minnesota in December, but maybe there will be another 20-30 degree night, hopefully) night to go again!





Bentleyville would happen to be the reason why Eli's name is not Bentley. I love the name Bentley for a boy, but Josh said the only thing he thought of was Bentleyville. Sigh... Oh well, maybe I'll still get it for a middle name if we have another boy someday!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Cute in Hats

Eli decided to try out his fashion sense the other day...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Best Christmas Tree

I'm pretty sure that we have the best Christmas tree on the block!
See...

I think it is at least !