A conversation with Hayden...

Last night while making dinner, Hayden says to my Aunt - "I have a photographic memory you know."

I freak out a little and ask, "Who told you that? Did Dad tell you that?" He responded with "No."

"Did you hear Dad and I talking about that?" He responds "No."

"What is a photographic memory Hayden?" He answers, "It's when you see something or read something once and then you can always remember it and it stays in your brain like a camera."

I bit later when it was just he and I, I wanted to investigate a little further so I asked him again.

"Hayden did someone tell you that you have a photographic memory?"

This was his response: "No Mom, I'm just reading a book about a child detective named Cam Jansen, but her real name isn't cam, it's Jenny. People call her Cam because she is like a human camera accept there is no film in her brain, just her memory. And so I was thinking that my brain is somewhat like Cam's brain because I can remember everything."

"Oh, yep, I suppose you're right!"

I worry a little about him going around telling people he is super smart with a photographic memory - you know, those were the kids who got made fun of growing up! But, we have known for a very long time that he has a great memory - for instance, he can look at his spelling words one time and always get 100% on his spelling tests. The only time he missed any was when he forgot to write two of the words down because he wasn't paying attention! I pray every day that his talents will lead him to do great things... you just never know...