We Should Have Known

I had always said, that I didn't need my children to be greatly intelligent. What I cared most was that they were good people. I think that we've done a good job at raising children of good character. The only reason I can believe this is that there isn't a week that goes by when people we know, or even complete strangers comment on what great kids we have.

I never expected to have a child considered highly gifted. I personally am probably at a below average intelligence. My husband is more intelligent, but I wouldn't call him a "rocket scientist"! However, at a very young age, Andrew started asking questions. It was probably at age 3 or 4 that he knew our ages and the ages of all his grandparents, aunts and uncles. He then would make statements about our differences in ages in relationship to each other and in relationship to himself. I honestly didn't suspect his great intelligence until the end of preschool. I was checking to see if he was ready for kindergarten, so I got out the alphabet flash cards and he know almost all of them. I then got out the number flash cards and he could identify (and soon I found out could write) all of his numbers to 100. I honestly had not idea he knew all this info. I felt bad that I hadn't sat down and worked with him on anything academic. I was astonished at his knowledge. It was an eye opener for what laid ahead.

In first grade he was tested and they found his IQ to be 150. We should have known!