WARNING: Mommy needs to brag! :)

A few months ago we had JT "evaluated" to see if he was gifted. Of course only being 3 years old, they can't do much but compare developmental milestones to the normal range. The reason we had this done was because (1) I was considered gifted and wasn't tested until late middle school and (2) as a "soon to be" educator I know there are certain things that need to be done to help kids with this exceptionality. I wanted to find out as soon as possible for JT so that we could take steps to help him succeed in school. Here is a statistic for you, more gifted kids drop out of high school than "normal" or "special needs" kids every year. Why? Because they aren't being challenged enough and they are bored with school. I was lucky to have grown up in a town that the academics were challenging enough and I had many peers that were gifted as well and we helped each other out! Anyways, we found out that JT is indeed gifted! They were sure to let us know that this could change depending on his preschool milestones and they would test him again once he was in school and at the grade level that normal testing occurs. They base this on the fact that most of his developmental milestones have been at least 30% sooner in time than the normal child. Most of his are sometimes double that! I am one proud mom! :))

ABOVE IS A VIDEO OF JT RIGHT AFTER TURNING 2 SAYING ALL OF HIS NFL TEAMS! :)

So I have been keeping up with Will's milestones as well. Everything he has accomplished has been right on track with JT, if not a little sooner. So I am educating myself on how to raise them in a way they are challenged everyday, of course I don't want to exhaust them either. So I am mainly finding fun ways to challenge them. It is pretty fun for me too, because I can use this in my classroom one day!

After all of this bragging I just have to say I love my boys with all my heart, and however God planned for them to turn out is going to be perfect in every way no matter what... any mom out there knows what I mean. Your kids are perfect in your eyes and no one can tell you otherwise!