It was a joy waking up with this kid this morning.

The first thing Gabe said to me, upon opening his eyes (while sleeping in my bed), “Get this blanket out of here!”  It was a strong command and kind of rude for the first thing he said in the morning.  I ended up throwing the blanket on his head and telling him to go find his mommy.

I hopped in the shower and afterward headed downstairs.  By that time, Gabe was at the kitchen table eating breakfast.  He looked up and said, “Daddy, get out of here!”  I looked at him, found a cup, filled it with milk and grabbed the newspaper to read in the other room.

A minute later, I walked back into the kitchen to grab some cereal.  Gabe followed me back out to the dining room and said, “I am going to punch you in the face.”  So, I went to the living room, sat on the sofa and let him climb onto the sofa.  Lucky for me, he tried to karate kick me in the face – lost his balance, fell into my arms for a good tickle to start the morning.

The kid is a goofball. I hope he only speaks to me like that.