A-I-H-P-O-S

Will was driving Sophia to school yesterday and from the backseat she said "Daddy, I can spell my name..." and without hesitation she said "...S O P H I A." Will was impressed, but she's been working on spelling her name at school and at home, so he wasn't too surprised. Before he could praise her, she continued "...and I can spell it backwards." Without missing a beat, she spelled her name backwards, and Will's jaw hit the floor.
When she got home from school, I instantly grabbed the camera to see if she could do it again, and sure enough....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4eqGr4Snew
We have a book with Allyson's name spelled on every page, so out of curiosity, I asked Sophia if she could spell Allyson's name. She did it without too much trouble...and then spelled it backwards!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGR63PqUgM
We tried it again today just for kicks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6aOeM7J3SI
We are so proud and amazed! She's been very curious lately about spelling and phonics, but we haven't talked at all about the concept of spelling things backwards. She hasn't learned it at school either. She's always been an incredibly observant kid, and now I'm wondering if she has some form of photographic memory. I'm definitely thinking all those playground moms who told me she'd have trouble reading because she didn't crawl were dead wrong!

If you're happy and you know it...

At the end of Sophia's 11 month blog entry, we have a video of her clapping along to "If You're Happy and You Know It" I took this video of Ally last week and was shocked at the similarities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmcYDNCAAy0