I was dropping him off at "school" the other day and was struck by how different he is than the other kids there. It is a potty trained daycare through K setting where he goes for socialization and learning how to deal with groups and group mind issues (a learned skill...). Most of the kids are his age or older with a few younger.
I let the teacher take a quick bathroom break and suddenly I was topic of interest du jour. I was swarmed by a school of 5-6 year olds (there is a reason fish travel in schools it's hard to pick out individuals!) bombarding me with questions. Who was I, why was I there, etc...
Then one girl commented that she was going to be going to Wolf's birthday sometime next week. I said, "Oh you mean Sunday? it's only three days away, Friday, Saturday then Sunday." She looked at me as though I was speaking in Greek and then went off on how she was turning 6 and would have to miss another friend's party because it was on the same day.
Then one of the boys mentioned he was turning 7 soon. I asked when? He looked confused and said in a very unsure tone, "A few weeks?"
Wolf has known the days of the week for over half of a year and has been counting down the days to his birthday (by number and by calendar days... in his head...) for weeks.
It was such a weird experience... I'm not normally made so clearly aware of how different he is.
