I Can Count!

Ok, so I'm not sure if this is pure genius or not, but Paxton can count all the way to 10...by himself...with absolutely no help!  He started doing this literally the week after he turned 2.  Although I wish I could take credit for teaching him, I have to give props to his nanny.  When she puts the kids in timeout, they have a number chart they're suppose to look at and start counting.  She starts this when the kids are about 1 1/2 yrs old or so, and even though they can't read, she will count for them.  So I don't know if this just means that Paxton is always in timeout or if he's just a sponge like most toddlers and soaks up everything he hears.

The only reason I know Pax can do this on his own is because one day we were putting a temporary tattoo on his hand (a Spongebob tattoo, of course), and in the process we got a wet rag and placed it over the tattoo.  I said, "Ok, let's count.  One...", then he continued for me, "two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten".  Yes, I know I left "seven" out...that's because for some reason Paxton doesn't think that number exists.  Each time he counts, he skips right over it.  We're working on adding it back in though!

Here's a video of my little Einstein counting to 10...minus the 7: