prodigy?

Remember the four year old who knew the cabinet like she knew her ABCs? The one who who wanted to visit the savanna when she was five – when her mother agreed it would be nice to see the elephant and caribou she giggled and told her: “Caribou live in the polar region, mommy”.

Well she just turned six and she’s into doctors. Not in a ‘watch me wear mommy’s stethoscope’ sort of way but in a ‘sit in awe as I read gynecology books and discuss cell regeneration’ kind of way. She wants her mother to have another baby so she can see a cesarean performed. She’s requested it specifically.

She still likes Tinkerbell and Barbie and has a room full of pink-n-pretty. But there’s Beethoven playing in the background and gross anatomy texts by the CareBears.

5 Responses to “prodigy?”

1. justrun says:

   28 July, 2007 at 1:52

   Wow. Kids can be so exhausting generally, I can’t imagine having to keep up with that.
2. steph says:

   28 July, 2007 at 5:47

   ! i would love to get to spend time with this one!
3. Elizabeth Krecker says:

   29 July, 2007 at 21:02

   I totally get the prodigy thing. There are three in my family. My cousin, my nephew and my son.

   Then there’s the rest of my family.

   It’s like I grew up in two completely different families. The Family of Prodigies and The Family of Black Sheep.
4. kat says:

   30 July, 2007 at 16:03

   Nice! Amazing kid. I’d like to see what she turns out like in 10+ years

   *love your blog
5. Lefty says:

   9 August, 2007 at 18:36

   C-section, Care Bears…it’s all the same.
6. merry wives - buffy holt says:

   22 July, 2008 at 0:11

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