Deep Thoughts: by Gabe

Driving home from church tonight in the Miata with the top down; Gabe looks up at the sky and thoughtfully says,

"The moon is a crescent tonight. I think that the crescent moons are God's fingernails, and the full moons are his head."

W.W.E. Squirrels

Gabe: "Mom! Look! Those squirrels are wrestling!"

Me: "Whoa, they must be REALLY mad at each other."

Phew.

Rationale

I love the reasoning (or lack there of) in five-year-olds.

On a recent drive home, Gabriel randomly asked me,

"Hey Mom, do you think those people could come knock our house down so we could go on a trip to Disney World?"

Scalloping?

We were given a great big trampoline for our back yard by a dear friend last week. The kids love it!!!

Gabriel: "Mom, LOOK! I'm scalloping!!!"

(He totally meant galloping)

Hot Lava

Gabe: "Mom, what do you think would happen if you mixed red paint with soap all over the floor?"

Me: "I think it would make a big mess."

Gabe: "You don't think it would make hot lava?"

Me: *groan*

Gabe: "Well, don't worry, I'll clean it up in my bathroom. What would I mix to make hot lava?"

Date Night With Mom

Gabe and I headed to the neighborhood IHOP the other night for some one on one time. He ordered chocolate chip pancakes with a chocolate milk *facepalm* (Google it.)

He is starting to read small words and spell them too. It is the coolest thing and I'm really happy we started reading to him every night when he was so little. His skills and interest in reading are TAKING OFF! It's awesome!!

So here's a snippet of a conversation we had:

Gabe: *stares at sign on our table* "Whoa! Mom!!! Kh, Kids. Eh, Eat. F- F- Freee!!!!"

Me: *Smile*

Gabe *thoughtful pause* "Is that why you brought me here???"

He knows me so well!!! He cracks me up!!

M.A.S.

I was told tonight by my good friend that Gabe had something called M.A.S. which stands for Man Answer Syndrome. She further explained that this is the need that guys have to sound like they know what their talking about. So if they don't know the answer to something, they just keep talking like they do! HAHAHA! This was her conversation with Gabe on the playground during our church softball game....

Mara: So your Dad is playing softball tonight?

Gabe: Yup. He plays for the Tampa Bay Rays

Mara: Oh, wow... really? What position does he play? 1st base?

Gabe: 4th base.

Awesome.