My Little Geniuses

Ok, so I never brag, ever! BUT, a mother is entitled to it once and a while, right? I am kidding when I say they are geniuses, but there are somethings they do that just impress me. They are such sponges at this age! I've been meaning to get a video of this for a couple of months now and finally did it. It's not the best version I've seen of them doing it, but it's what I had the time to get. Sometimes when they see me with the video camera, they start doing all their tricks, singing, counting, and dancing, so I had to get what I could in the time I had.

Here's Devin identifying the planets:



Here's Ryan identifying the planets:

While we're on the subject...I figured I'd take a moment to talk about all the things that impress me about my kids. Let's see...Devin can count to 20 and backwards from 10 (so can Ry, but I am impressed that Devin can do this at 2). He also knows all of his shapes. The way he throws a football, man, he's good. We'll he's actually been doing this as long as I can remember...maybe even before 18 months. His grip on the football is like a pro and he throws a spiral. Mark my words, he is going to be a great quarterback! He can throw regular balls to, and catch them.

Ryan's always loved cars. His newest thing is wanting to know about the type of car. He knows his car, the '84 westie, is a Volkswagen and is able to point out every Volkswagen on the road. I think this also has to do with good product placement on the Curious George movie where the man in the yellow hat drives a VW onto a boat. Anyway, he can spot them out anywhere. It takes me a while sometimes to find where it is, but it is always there. He can do this with Toyotas too. It's just a funny little talent.

They both sing and hold a tune really well. They also have a pretty good musical sense. They play the drums and guitar, on a toddler level, but they keep a pretty consistent beat. I think they'll be musical like their mommy. They also both absorb information. For example, we'd be watching a Baby Einstein and they'll ask me what something is..."whirlygig." Well, we'd be driving down the road and they'll see one and point it out, "Mommy look, a whirlygig" (or their way of saying that word). It just blows my mind how easily they remember things. So much so, I don't even remember teaching them some of these things.

I am just always in amazement about what my kids know. It's hard for me to think of or write down every little thing they can do, but it's things like this just get me really excited about homeschooling. Kids naturally want to learn and when they are allowed to explore what they want to learn, they really do learn it and remember it. Most of the things my kids know, they know because they were interested in learning about it. I was definitely there taking advantage of teachable moments, but their desire to want to know about these things came from inside them.