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My kids are clever. As their mum I’m probably bound to say that. But sometimes they do display skills more advanced than expected at their age. Elder Son is 3 and a half. He can do addition and subtraction sums. And he doesn’t always need to use his fingers. He can play with words, altering song lyrics to hilarious effect. And taking what Daddy says literally whilst all the while knowing exactly what Daddy meant… Daddy was reading a list of what 3 year olds are meant to be able to do. He knelt down to speak to Elder Son, “Son, can you stand on one leg?” Son replied “Yes”, and stood with both his feet on just one of Daddy’s legs!

Daughter was 2 last week. She too is displaying amazing skills. She can reduce her big brother to tears in seconds. She can remove her clothes faster than we can dress her… while we are trying to dress her. But most impressive was the skill witnessed by Daddy yesterday afternoon. Playing in the living room with Baby Son and Daughter, Daddy was focused on Baby Son. Daughter was playing quietly by the sofa. She laid her head on the seat and put arm along the edge of the seat cushion, and just stood there. After a while Daddy became aware that she hadn’t moved so asked, “Daughter, what are you doing?” No reply. No movement. He got up to look. She had fallen deep asleep standing up!