A Family of Mini Psuedo-Geniuses?

I wanted to share some interesting stories about the kids because they have really been blowing my mind lately. I may be a little biased but I think we have some pseudo geniuses in the family. Colin in particular is able to articulate things much better/clearer lately so I'm floored to hear some of the things coming out of his mouth. 

Colin:

This morning and for the past couple of weeks Colin has been having a rush of memories from when he was a baby. I think he sees his brother and sister and it triggers things from when he was the same age. I didn't think it was possible to remember when you were that young but last night he described in detail an event that happened when he was 10 months old and even clarified that it happened when we lived in "our first house of all". Hmmm. Then he went on to ask if he lived in my belly when we lived in NYC. Then he asked the dreaded "how did I get in your belly?". He is often pondering and pontificating really complex ideas and thoughts that I would never imagine go through a 4-yr old child's head. 

Point in case, the other day I decided to download all the pictures from our old camera which we rarely use anymore. Unbeknownst to me, Colin had taken over 700 pictures from the last year, documenting each important event from his own perspective - at Christmas, when I was breastfeeding the babies when they were small, etc. Seriously - 700 pictures!!! Many of them were blurry or of his face but some of them were pure genius. Sadly I don't remember him snapping any of them (I guess I was a little preoccupied this past year). 

He has also been manic about creating books lately - he draws pictures and has us write the words then staples them together to create a story. He made a book about Penguins and our family this last week. When he ran out of paper, he couldn't suppress his creative genius and unfortunately took to his walls - drawing pictures of water, his scooter and family all over his room (with Crayon and pen). He did this in a 15 minute span and got in big trouble for it. But he wanted his friends to think his room was cool and he had run out of paper after all, so I couldn't be too upset. 

Ethan:

So this morning I was taking a shower, and usually the twins will play right outside for a few minutes, although lately this has been happening less and less. Well this morning I was washing my hair and looked down and there was Ethan in the shower with me - clothes on and all!! He was just crawling around and splashing saying "baff", "baff" (for bath). Mia sat outside tentatively but after a few seconds, she decided to join her brother. At this point there was nothing I could do, so they just cruised around in their PJs on the bottom of the shower and they loved it!!! Mia had brought along with her the wrist band from the Coldplay concert which somehow started blinking with pink lights once the water hit it and both babies got a huge kick out of it. 

Last night we were in the basement and both babies decided to climb the carpeted stairs. They realized quickly that the carpet made the stairs easier to maneuver. Well Ethan figured out how to crawl down as well. In a span of 5 minutes he crawled one step then down, up 2 steps then down, up 3 steps then down, up 4 steps then down. He did this until he got completely to the top on his own, testing one additional step higher each time to make sure he could still get down. It was pretty crazy. Mia could get up 4 or 5 steps but can't yet figure out how to get down. 

Mia:

Mia has been surprising us on a more emotional level. She is already very manipulative and cunning. She somehow figured out (after her choking spell) that every time she would feign choking, it would quickly get our attention. So now when we are feeding her brother or not giving her enough attention, all of a sudden she will start coughing and spitting and pretending she's choking. When we come rushing to her she laughs at us like "ha ha, made you look!"

I just had to share some of these stories from recently because my kids never cease to amaze me! We have some really smart little people running around our house and keeping us on our toes. Yes, its exhausting and a ton of work nurturing these sharp little ones, but we wouldn't have it any other way!