2 1/2 is an amazing age

I am currently reading a book called "Shepherding a Child's Heart". It discusses at one point the amount of change that a child goes through between birth and the age 4. It is crazy how much change they go through in this short amount of time. This amount of change will not happen in this short amount of time in any other time of their life. That's mind-boggling! It also means that young children are taking everything they hear and see in and storing it all up whether they know how to use it or not.
I found this interesting, especially since we are in the middle of this change season with both of our boys. It has been fun, and trying, to watch Will go through this change.
This little boy is learning so much. He knows so many songs, he can count to 10 and is learning to count to 20. He knows his colors and many of his shapes. We have been working on letters and the other day he sang the ABC song word for word with me. I was shocked. We have sang that song so many times, but he never acted like he knew it and then one day it just clicked!

Some days I am just amazed at the amount of stuff he knows. I mean, I sit and read with him everyday and we talk about things, but he has never been in an official school setting. I am a certified teacher and am capable of teaching him things, but I am also learning just how absorbent the 2 year mind is and how much it can take in. I have tried to put limits on him thinking he is too young for this or that but I am now seeing that he can do it. Show Will how to do it and he will watch you and then do it himself. He is very observant.

One thing Mike and I are finding is that with this great capacity for knowledge that Will has comes a great responsibility on our part as his parents. We are doing our best to teach him God's word and truth and to protect him from too many outside influences that could harm him. We know that right now we have to be diligent in laying a solid foundation for him so that he can be strong in his faith when he is older. Its a scary thing to think of how huge a responsibility it is to be a parent. But, as we have seen, it is so worth it!