It’s Gab’s 10th Birthday.
Big milestone for us this year. So many changes and more changes to be expected as he enters the “wonder years”.
What makes this year even unique is that we are still on quarantine. Gab has only left the condo once since the lockdown started last March 2020. No worries. The show goes on!
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Gab is now 8 years old !!! What?!?! This has been a level-up year. It has been an exciting year while learning new things with Gab.
He insists he is no longer a baby. I agree he has grown a lot and has shown maturity. But sorry baby Gab, you are still our baby.
Here’s Gab at 8.
Gab knows…
Gab loves…
Gab hates…
Gab’s favorite pastime.
Happy Birthday Gab.
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Here’s a video taken by my sister when Gab was just 16 months old. This is so far our longest video of with Gab and Baby Sign Language.
Gab turns four! Gone are the years for Gab as a terrible three and a terrible two but I think there should be an equiavalent for four year olds.
Kids love ice cream. But what about dirty ice cream?
When Gab was first offered some dirty ice cream by her aunt, he declined to buy one from the sorbetero.
We were not around at that time so we were not able to know why. Probably because it has the name dirty on it.
The following week, we were in the public plaza. We heard a bell ringing. Sure enough, it was a sorbetero selling ice cream.
“Gab, there’s a dirty ice cream! Let’s eat.”
I didn’t give him a chance to say no.
I dragged him to the sorbetero. I let him see the cone, cups and the different flavors. He was starting to show interest.
I remember when a sorbetes only costs me 1 peso per cone. For 5 pesos, they’d fill up a bowl already. Today, it’s 5 pesos per cone.
“Do you want it in a cone or cup?”
I knew he’d say cone. He likes it because it’s crunchy.
And now for his first lick!
Gab slowly licked the tip of the ice cream. He wasn’t sure about eating it yet. The ice cream was melting faster then he can lick. Some of it was already dripping on his hand and clothes.
Little by little, he’s starting to eat it like pro. He doesn’t mind the drips that is making a mess on his face and clothes. Quennie and I had to coach him which side is already dripping so he can lick it clean.
When he reached the cone, he was eating it fast. Quennie and I watched and he finishes off the tip of the cone.
“Did you like it, Gab?”
“Yes.”
“Was it dirty?”
“A little lang.”
I smiled knowing it won’t be his last cone of dirty ice cream.
Two weeks after Gab got his Strider Balance Bike, he has found his balance and glides beautifully on his bike. He’s getting faster and looks ready for a race. 😀
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At age three, Gab can read. But can he understand what he is actually reading? I was about to find out with a fun treasure hunt!
It’s been another year and Gab is now Three Years Old. I just love watching him grow. It’s been a great year.
After the romantic breakfast I prepared for Quennie’s birthday, we told Gab it was Mommy’s birthday. However, Gab won’t believe us. He still thinks it was Tita Weng’s birthday who celebrated it a few weeks ago. To Gab, something was missing that he can’t call it Mommy’s birthday yet.
It was a delight when Gab started to recognize numbers. He can identify the numerals 0 to 9 and eventually able to count from 1 to 10. We let him read numbers almost everyday thus he is able to master them at an early age. I should be happy but things changed when he learned how to count up to 20.