Gabe Gets Haircut And Lives!


Gabe got a haircut today, and unlike previous times, he did not cry. Woohoo! Breakthrough!

Today, Gabe sat ALONE in his race car-shaped barber's chair (he used to sit on Jean's or my lap before), did not fuss, and actually spoke to the barber a couple of times to ask if he was done with cutting his hair. Let's hope this isn't a one-time deal!

Gabe Attempts First Pick-Up Line!


Okay, so it was more like "Gabe Attempts To Strike Up Conversation," but that doesn't sound as exciting.

Anyway, at the pool today, Gabe found a new playmate in a girl who was at least a couple of years older than he. She seemed to like playing with him and didn't mind that he had limited conversational and playing skills.

Soon, Gabe started to strike up a conversation, but didn't really know how, so he just started blurting out his favorite words: pizza, Zagu, Dora, Boots, Swiper, squirrel, etc. The little girl humored him and just repeated whatever he said. I told Gabe to ask her what her name was, and he did. He said "your name?" and she said "Dana."

Later when it was time to go, I told Gabe to say goodbye to Dana and he waved good-bye to her, but instead of saying "bye," he said "wanna come?" Not the best pick-up line in the world, so obviously it didn't work.

Gabe's Playground

As promised, here are some shots of Gabe in the new building playground. It's good to see that the money we pay for the association dues have somehow been put to good use, as in addition to the playsets, the entire playground was blanketed with blue foam padding. Now we don't have to worry about Gabe falling off the slide, as he can be clumsy with his feet sometimes.


So why is Gabe playing alone in such a nice playground? Because he was the first kid in the building to do so! Building security allowed us to use the playsets even if the place was still cordoned off, so Gabe got to play with everything ahead of the other kids, with no competition in sight.

Nowadays, the place is swarming with bigger kids all the time. I guess now Gabe will learn how to play with them instead of alongside them.

Photos taken with the 2 megapixel camera of a Nokia N70. Not bad for a phone cam.