Counting

I have noticed that little people are smarter than we "adults" give them credit for. For example, Lathan is not yet six months old but he understands a whole plethora of things. Two tid bits I have picked up on him understanding are numbers counted in sequential order, and his feet. Lathan and I will count his toes, flower pedals, cracks in the sidewalk, clouds, leaves, ants, people, pages, pictures, keys, fingers, socks, fan blades, stars, dollars, coins, and anything else that can be counted. We also play a game were I count to three and if his feet aren't tucked away under the blanket by the time I get to three then I pretend to eat them by gumming his little toes. He squeels and screeches and laphes with a big toothless smile and his little dimple but never can get his toes to the safe spot under the blanket. He knows the numbers. You can see him tense up and grab his toes and try and put them in his mouth or somewere safe before I get to three. I can't wait to count the fish we catch together, the mountains we climb together and the books we read together. Well maybe next time we can talk about Lathan the explorer. Oh...for those of who are reading these blogs and want to know who is posting them, you will know it is Ben every time I start the blog with "I have noticed." Cheers.