Growing up

Recently I've come to the discovery that Gabe is growing up...much to my dislike. A few of his comments/conversations lately have blown me away. Some observant, like tonight while reading him the book Toy Story 2, he sees Andy's van driving away and in the book, it's red. For those of us who have seen this movie over and over...the van is blue. Gabe said, "Mommy, that's not Andy's van because it's not red, it's blue. It must be someone else." I just told him he was right. I wouldn't have caught the error...ever.
Another was while leaving a resturaunt the other night, he said he had a secret to tell me. The secret was that the little girl that opened the door for him was pretty. Boy...sure not ready for this one.
The last most important grown-up conversation we've had, was today. He loves the Disney movie Peter Pan. It came out today so I bought it for him (cheaper at Target). After watching the movie he asks if he could meet the "real" Peter Pan, not the character like at Disney. Then asks if Peter Pan's house is in the sky next to Jesus's house. To the first comment...didn't know he knew the characters at Disney weren't real. Which lead to explaining that characters from movies are not real, but Jesus is. It's fun to see the characters at Disney, but they are not real, they are just characters from stories or movies. For the second comment about Peter Pan and Jesus being neighbors....may I just say thank you Disney. I got the chance to explain to my son that only Jesus is real and lives in Heaven, and one day we will meet Him, but that Peter Pan is not and does not live in the sky. It's just a story. What a discovery and perfect opportunity to share with Gabe about Jesus. All from watching a Disney movie.
Not sure if I'm ready for more growing up...

Tee Ball

Gabe had his first tee ball practice/game today! It was so fun to watch the kids play. When the ball was hit, they'd all run for the ball tackling each other to get it. Just wanted to share a photo of Gabe! He had a blast! It's so hard for me to believe that my son is old enough to play sports now!