My son is 4 years old, and never stops shocking and amazing me!
In fact he scares me some times with his wit, intelligence, and humor for a little boy his age…I think I have a mini Jim Carrey or Robbin Williams on my hands here. He also amazes me physically with his strength and stamina. I’ve had to go through the house very carefully and make sure that anything that an ADD Spiderman could get into it, was removed or arranged in such a way that it could not be utilized to save the world in his little imaginary playing dress up super hero games.
Though it shocks everyone around us, it come as no suprize when I catch him scaling the 5 foot high chain link fence that encloses our yard, or climbing the cherry tree in the back yard to the highest branch, or walking with confidence along the balace beam, he and his sister made in the back yard of old saw horses and some 2 by 4′s.
But tonight he had me ( and DH “the mundane one”), once again, slack jawed, picking chin up off the floor.
He came to me all upset after leaving the bathroom, with an empty pill bottle from the recycle blue bin…(no worries, meds are kept out of sight and reach and away from him and our DD8)
what had me shocked is that he said ” I can’t open this and it says push and turn!” in a frustrated tone, as he tried with all his might to push and turn the cap from my empty Concerta bottle open.
I WANTED to say “WOW you can read!!!!” but what I said instead was, ” where does it say push & turn?” He showed me, and then I told him, “well yes your correct. And, you shouldn’t be playing with pill bottles, even if they are empty” and took it from him and he went off on his way.
Then later after the moment was passed and not related, I said ” so, you can read huh? that’s pretty cool” and he said all disappointed ” ya, I can read, but I can’t write yet”
We talked about his reading and he told me he has read three Clifford books, and his cars books, and 1 fish 2 fish red fish blue!! I told him i was so proud of him for reading and that he should not be shy to let us know that he can. I also told him that writing takes a lot of practice, and he’ll make lots of mistakes, but that it was ok. The other day I pulled out the dry erase marker, and the electronic practice writing desk by Vtech, that his sister used to learn her letters, and told him it was his now.. he was so proud and has been feverishly hyper focused on using it since.
THE KID IS SECRETLY TEACHING HIMSELF TO READ AND WRITE!!!!
I’m amazed! I need to remember to pull out the leap pad system and let him play around with that. he found the spiderman book and cartridge for it the other day. I’ve been meaning to put batteries in it for him, and of course…I keep forgetting
I hope to post a basket picture soon, but right now the wreaths are only getting a small amount of my attention. I have been falling behind and I need to break ground on the garden before the strawberry plants die! The basket in the workshop, almost finished. I’m thinking I’m going to tag them and put them at the end of the driveway with a sale sign and see what happens. People are starting to go on those slow Sunday drives in the county now that it is Spring.
