Labor Day camping!

I'm not sure who loved camping better- Gabe or Ayla, but Chopper can only handle so much! His dewclaw was injured climbing (falling, really!) on some rocks. Luckily, our "neighbor" was a vet and fixed him up.
Gabe said his favorite part of the trip was the campfire and the tent.

Gabe and the moth

Gabe likes the moth too! He prefers that it stay on his shirt and not actually touch his skin though!

What a handsome guy :)

Memorial Day Catch Up

Cousins, the best DQ in the world, swimming and washers! I challenge you to describe a better Memorial Day weekend!

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?"

Mom Love by Gabe

Gabe snuck into my desk and gathered all the supplies necessary to make a card and hid in his room to make this!

Gabe's Idea of mowing...

Chopper