8. Find something I have in common with Gabe

When I started kicking around the idea of doing this, I wanted to do something that gave my life meaning.  Not just to me, but to others.  Granted, I just wrote one of these about finding commonality with a five year old, but now I need to do it with a two year old.  

Granted, the process is basically the same, (except Gabe isn't nearly into Star Wars as much as his brother,) but my kids are really different than each other.  

The thing that makes this difficult, is Gabe is two.  I'm 36.  Will I have something in common with him by the time he's six?  When I was six, I could read, but found books without pictures unsporting, if not an outright betrayal.  

Gabe seems to like the Hulk and superheroes in general.  

The hardest part with him right now is he's knee deep in the Oedipal stage and getting him to do anything with me when his mom is around is really tough.  

I think he's going to be the intellectual kid of my two though.  He's really curious and works really hard to get past any barrier he encounters.  

Even if we don't actually have stuff we do, having a person you can talk to that thinks the way you do is a pretty good thing.