Precocious

While we were all out playing on the sidewalk the other day, a woman comes walking along and nearly bumps into Petra. "Hi!" Petra says. "Is she always this friendly?" the woman asks. "This is my family," Petra continues, "and this is my bicycle, it has streamers on the handlebars." "Wow!" the woman says, "Is this your house?" "Yes," Petra answers, "It has a blue door, and you can go in and out of it!" "She is the most precocious, verbal baby I've ever seen!" says the woman, and walks off.

That pretty much sums up Petra, and at least 3 different strangers this week have said so. Here we thought that Petra was normal, and other kids her age were just a little slow, but no, it's our baby that's the freak. This is why we are going to put her into the UCLA early education program (pre-school) at the end of the month (after 2 years on the waiting list). She just wants to do so much more than just play at daycare. She loves doing arts and crafts (including face-painting, as you can see), she loves to dance (the peanut butter stomp is a current favorite), sing, and "do experiments." She's also pretty good on the mechanical bull.