Gabe's Incredible Memory

Okay, I'm sure I've blogged about Gabe's memory before.  But, it never (and I mean never) ceases to amaze me.

This morning when he asked me what kind of a day it was today, I told him that (cousin) Sara was coming over.  (Yoohooo!  Mommy gets a morning break!)  Gabe then said, are Sara, Emily, and Julia coming?  I could not believe that Gabe remembered all of his cousins' names and that they were a family.  It just goes to show me that he's really starting to know all of the individual families in our larger extended family.

It reminded me of the time when I came back from Block Island and Gabe wanted to read a new book that Auntie Auntie had given him - Tikki Tikki Tembo.  I'd read the book to him ONCE a few weeks before our weekend away.  When I started reading the book, Gabe remembered Tikki Tikki Tembo's full name. 

He said:  "Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sa Rembo Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Pero Pembo"

And he pronounced that whole name correctly!  Seriously!?  I was shocked, so I asked him if anyone had read the book to him.  He told me that Momo read it to him under the tree outside.  What?  I was sure that he was telling stories, so I checked with Momo.  Evidently Gabe was telling the truth;  Momo had read Tikki Tikki Tembo to him outside under the pine tree, but she only read it to him twice.  So, he'd heard the book 3 (three) times, and he remembered that long name.  And he still remembers it to this day.  He just told J about Tikki Tikki this morning, in fact.

Incredible, right?  This is why I refer to this blog as my "brog"---- because I'm definitely a proud, bragging and blogging mom.