Our Gabey is growing up very quickly! Both physically and also in his personality and his abilities. He is finishing up his first year in preschool and whereas in the beginning of the year, he would cry when being dropped off, now he walks right in, loves his teacher Ms. Nuce, and says he LOOOVES preschool!
The preschool classroom has a tablet with games on it. Of course, our electronics-loving boy likes to play it.
He also had a quirky side to him. When it was time for the class to go into the gym for some structured physical activity, Gabey refused to participate and sat himself on a chair the whole time.
There is Gabey sitting in the front during story time. This is the seat of honor for whoever's parent was the Helping Parent that day.
The Helping Parent's kid also gets to stand at the front when it's time to recite the days of the week.
And lastly, but certainly not least, the Helping Parent's kid gets to bring something for show & tell. What did Gabriel bring? His frying pan! Which happens to be an old, but real frying pan.
He is into artwork and can actually draw recognizable things now. The other day, he actually drew a cat and then colored it! We were very impressed.
He can also write out his name. At first, he would follow the outline written in yellow but now he can write his name freehand. Although more often than not, he writes "Ruffy" instead, since he preferred being called Ruffy.
Writing "Ruffy" in large letters! He is still working how making sure there is enough space for all the letters. And also working on the left-to-right thing.
Our funny boy still has "unique" dietary habits. Such as piling kalamata olives onto his pizzas.
He has other funny habits, such as taking his blanket that he sleeps with and using it as a placemat.
Green and orange are his favorite colors; so this drink needed to be drunk with double straws.
Gabey has somehow picked up the habit of pointing at things with him middle finger. So don't be offended if in the middle of telling you a story, he does THIS to you!
He is our touchy-feely kid, who likes to give lots of hugs and kisses. He also likes to manhandle and give huge bear hugs, but in the process tackle others; and we are trying to teach him the difference between appropriate and not so appropriate physical touch. Such as all during dinner, he likes leaning, touching, and otherwise somehow be physically touching Emily much to her annoyance as she's trying to eat a meal.
He is also very fond of his favorite sibling, Karina, and expresses it by snuggling with her or holding her hair. And she takes it all in stride; she is a very patient big sister.
He doesn't do this as much, but still enjoys being in the kitchen and helping out. Here he is "helping" to wash his favorite veggies--bok choi. (Although he'll only eat the dark green part.)
Here he is lining up cookie cutters.
He has gotten very creative with his toys and plays with them in novel ways. He built a big construction site with these pegs.
We're not really sure what he is doing here. Well, he is trying to get to the watermelon--one of his favorite fruits, but is it really easier to cut through the saran wrap with a pair of scissors instead of just unwrapping it?
Something else that make us scratch our heads was when we entered Gabriel's room to find all the diapers spread out like this. When asked, Gabriel said he wanted to spread them out, because they were steaks that he was grilling!
All the kids like to use the head lamps and go out at night. Amazingly the headlamp fits his head just fine, even though they are designed for adults--because his head is so big.
Here is Gabey wearing his Darth Vader PJs. Elvin made him wear it on the opening night of The Force Awakens.
And as tradition in our family, a few months ago, we celebrated his 3 and a half birthday. Here is the cake, ready for some decorations...
We just cut a slice and Karina helped put in candles and some green and orange frosting.
"Happy birthday to you!!!!"
He wasn't able to get all three candles to blow out, so Mommy helped out.
And Xiao Yu was happy about getting his piece of cake as well.
So that's our Gabey--growing up so quickly. He is already thinking about his upcoming birthday in June and wants to invite lots of people, he says. We will see how that turns out!
