Friday, May 28, 2010

Berry pickin and tolerance





Gabe is an expert when it comes to strawberries. He has been known to consume an entire pint while hiding in his bedroom. He's not such an expert when it comes to people "with scarves". Last weekend, while eating out he pointed to two women from Saudi Arabia and said "those people don't like children". Marcus and I asked him how he knew that- and his reply was "I just know". We explained that he didn't really know unless he heard them say plainly that they don't like children. So, I ushered him over to their table and introduced him and said "Gabe would like to know if you like children because he seems to think you don't". The sisters quickly became enamored of both of the kids and since they had only just arrived in the U.S. plans for an outing began to form.
Gabe had great fun teaching them how to pick berries- Shroug and Feadoor had rarely eaten strawberries, and admitted to us this berry patch thing was a new adventure for them.
Gabe ate so many strawberries, that he couldn't eat dinner and as he relaxed that evening asked "Where are we going to take those scarf sisters next?"

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