Learning to self-feed (and other things)

Hello everybody! Gabriel is getting more handsome every day. Of course, this is his mother talking...




He is also developing new skills fast. As you can see in this sequence of pictures, he is learning to self-feed, both at home and at school. I am not sure how much actually makes it into his mouth, but he is certainly trying, and gets pretty upset if you try to help him too much. Of course, now he needs to get a bath almost always after each meal.

His teacher, Ms. Mona, says he is a wonderful soccer player. She was really impressed when Gabriel showed her how he kicks the ball while running, and uses both feet to kick it.

He is also dancing now. Well, what he thinks dancing is. He claps and spins around every time he hears music. And he wants you to clap and spin around with him too.

His speaking skills are not so impressive. He is still not speaking, although whenever the phone rings he takes his fist to his ear and says "hola", and then starts babbling a made-up conversation. It's very funny. He also knows how to ask for food: "mam, mam". And now we are pretty much convinced that he says "ma" and "baba" to refer to mom and dad. He is much better at understanding, though. He pretty much understands what you tell him, and acts accordingly. He is in general very obedient and well behaved (except when he is sick).

Yesterday he took a plastic Easter egg, managed to put a little bag of candy inside it, and could almost close it by himself.