Amanda ... I hope you didn't take my post as judgment on you using workbooks. I am a born again workbooker.
And as for humor ... JMHO but out of everything Ruf aligns with gifted; humor seems to be the tale tell sign for the HG+ child. DD's sense of humor has always been jaw dropping, but when you are living in the moment you don't realize it. At least, I didn't understand how advanced she was. It isn't normal for a 6 month old to hide a toy bottle amongst her car seat straps and ask "Where is it?" and after multiple attempts of someone pretending to locate it, she'd pull it out proclaiming "Here it is!" as she let out a deep heart felt giggle thinking she tricked them. (Sometimes she did since she moved her hiding place to under her leg which the adult wasn't expecting.) Fast forward to today as a three yr old and it is understandable how we (family, friends, complete strangers) are constantly laughing. Tis the Christmas season and DD is all into her Christmas songs as of late. But she wouldn't be my daughter if she didn't have fun with them. Imagine Jingle bells: But she was singing Mac and cheese. That turned into Frosty the snowman eating a gigantic meatball and burping up brussel sprouts.
I could go on and on and don't tempt me cuz I would ... just makes me giggle how much I was in denial while she was a baby.
I had to take DD to the DR today because she's sick but our Ped. was off, so we met with another DR who had never met DD before. The DR was in complete shock and couldn't believe DD was only 3. On ending the appointment she informed me that I had a very special and unique child. She has NO idea. LOL
