A Most Brilliant Boy

Johan is at a just fantastic stage where it seems that each hour he has something new he can do or say. He is so observant; pointing out buses, birds, puppies, pizza, babies, Elmo, and characters from Family Guy everywhere he goes.

Yesterday I was wearing a Vikings t-shirt and he carefully traced each of the marigold-colored letters and repeated the word "yellow." Of course I scolded him that it was not yellow, but marigold. (I did not actually do that- there are enough reasons people need therapy; no need to add icing to that cake, right?) On the contrary, I celebrated his identification and labeling of color so much that he spent the rest of the afternoon pointing out yellow stuff.

His ability to mimic is also amazing- the way short term memory develops and strengthens baffles me. We have been watching this video on YouTube of some people doing a dance routine to an old Stevie Wonder song and, after just a couple viewings, Johan is able to follow along and mimic most of the moves. Absolutely fantastic.