Just the other night Matty asked me what a 'sea anamone' was, after he heard it on one of my iphone games. I wasn't too sure myself. But my hubby told Matty it was a boneless sea creature, similar to jellyfish.
To fulfil his curiosity further, my hubby showed him pictures of sea anamones on the internet. And because Matty kept on saying "sea enemy", my hubby introduced syllables to him, to help him pronounce the word.
What began as a fairly complicated conversation, became even more complicated later:
Hubby: "Matty, it's sea uh-NEM-uh-nee."
Matty: "Sea eNEmy!"
Hubby: "A-nam-o-ne has 4 different sounds, or 4 syllables."
Matty: "Ah-nem-o-neee."
Hubby: "Yes, very good. Da-da, has 2 syllables.
So if it's Dadadadadadadada, there are 8 syllables."
Matty: "What if dadadadadadadadadadada?"
Hubby: "Many dada's"
Matty: "What if dadadadadadadada in a circle?"
Filled with excitement, my hubby asked me if Matty was talking about infinity. I was like "Huh? Could that really be possible?" My hubby explained what happened again. When we both looked at Matty who had also listened in, he just gave us a smile. Its impossible to know what Matty was really thinking at the time. But my hubby is convinced that Matty had alluded to the concept of infinity at two and half years old! So, will he really turn out to be a science genius? Hard to say. If he does, I know it won't be because of my genes.
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