Little ears have big brains
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
OK mabey it isn't that exciting to some of you but this was a complete show stopper for me. Jared is like most kids and loves to eat his Cheerios by the handfull. Today was no exception. As dinner of brocholi and soup was being prepared ne natives got restless and we turned to the old get-me-by of Cheerios. Ben will get a mouthfull then leave and play while they go soggy and chewable in his mouth. Jared is more inclined to grab as much as he can in both hands and try his luck at putting them all in at once. He had more fingers in his mouth than Cheerios and many of these prized items were being dropped on the floor with only a few actually making it to his mouth. I had been talking in english about something and seeing the abundance of energy and saliva being spent on so few actual pieces said "Yo, Jared, it would be a whole lot more efficient for you to take these one at a time in your mouth instead of puttin' the whole thing in there at once." As all kids do they c
ontinue with their plans and proceed to eat off the floor for a while.
Here is the crazy part. The floor gets cleaned up by eating some and cleaning up most and he signs and asks for more. I reach in and grab a small handfull (about enough for a full hand for him) and he proceeds to pick 2-3 the first time, but then grabbed each Cheerio in very quick succession one by one into his mouth! I looked at him and was totally speachless. A simple comment made mostly as a joke to the adults to look at the mess Jared was making turned into a complete learning experiance that was applied and instigated in a matter of moments. I was speaking fast and somewhat upper level words but he understood every word and did it. WAY CRAZY COOL!
posted by Jesse @ 10:50 PM,
