Our Little Genius

Ok, a Zachary update is long overdue. Above is my boy-wonder playing on the beach outside Schooners on Ryan's birthday.

My little boy is a genius. This is not some competitive mama's wishful thinking, it is truly fact. I mentioned in a previous post that he can count in French and Spanish. I really love it when he asks me the French or Spanish words for things in public - people look at me in amazement. But this is OLD news!

So here's the new news: he is beginning to write his letters! He's not even three! He can legibly write the easier ones - O, Q, Y, M, N, U, V, I, P, and D (I think that's all of them), but the rest look a little scribbly. He, however, knows what letter he's just written. I swear I am not tying him to a chair or anything, he just suddenly expressed an interest and I ran with it. The other day, when he woke up from his nap, he asked if we could go outside to play with the sidewalk chalk and draw W's! How else do I answer that except "Of course, my dear!!!"

He is reading right to left some of the time still - we have to read the make or model on the back of cars as we walk past them in the parking lot. He's reading the letters out loud, but he's starting to get the idea of the sounds that letters make. I think I waited too long to introduce that concept, but he'll comprehend it when he's ready. For now it's fun being in the car, we play a sort of version of "eye spy" with letters and numbers.

I'm sure there are many more examples to support my conclusion, but tonight I am tired.