sweetly in the trees: out of the mouth of gabe

having a three-year-old is incredible and hilarious. he is constantly saying things that make me drop everything and text steve or that make me and steve look at each other in shock. he is a sponge and loves to tell you all about whatever new fact he has learned and ask questions about everything.

:: our first trip to the beach this year ::

some of the amazing things that gabe is saying these days:

:: as i whisper-relay a gabe story from the day to steve, "please let me hear your conversation"

:: he spent the weekend with my parents a while back, and in the car on the way home, he was telling me and steve about the farm animals he saw. he told us, "the donkey protects the goats from coyotes and dogs and predators" and was so proud of his understanding of the relationship between donkey and goat.

:: "me and ezzie need pens, too" (apparently he has nicknamed his brother)

:: as he is getting dressed for the day, he casually asks what his penis is for. i ask him what he thinks and he responds that it is for peeing. then he asks me "what is the junk for." again i ask him what he thinks, to which he replies "to hold up my penis!"

:: overheard as he is playing with two giraffe toys: "you stop pooping on my brother and me!"

:: he is always very concerned when we go anywhere that we will leave something at home. it is not uncommon for him to panic and tell me that we have forgotten my purse or ezra's shoes. only he says, "mom! you gotfor ezra's shoes".

:: "i'm a sink builder. i build sinks"

:: from the bathroom, "mom, i drink juice, it goes to my bladder, it goes to my penis and i pee."

:: on easter morning when steve asked what happened to jesus, gabe laid on the floor and gave this explanation: "jesus wasn't dead. he stood up, opened the cave and RUNNED AWAY!" then he ran a few laps around the kitchen table just to make it seem more real.

:: ezra has a nasty habit of throwing his drink on the floor during meals. gabe has made it his personal quest to make sure that ezra gets his cup back promptly. one day, at the end of lunch, gabe decided that it was too much and said, "holy crap, ezra, don't do that! it makes me sad you do that!"

:: gabe is currently obsessed with having a baby sister and is convinced that one will follow closely after his new brother comes. one night as steve was tucking him in for bed, when asked if he would please pray for mommy and the baby gabe responded "i don't want to pray for titus, i want to pray for my baby sister." and when steve pointed out that titus would be a boy, gabe responded "i want to pray for the sister we are having after titus."

:: with incredible concern "mom, how will the baby get out? your butt? you have poop in your butt, don't get him dirty."

:: coming downstairs at a friend's house to update me on the plot of the movie that the kids have put on (the grinch) "mom! that green monkey took those kids up the mountain so he can eat them!"

:: as we sit in the chick-fil-a drive-thru, gabe notices the deer sticker on the back of the truck in front of us. he casually lets me know, "that truck does deers". when i ask what that truck does with the deer he responds, "it washes them."