Hidden Talents

My Isaac is such a smart, talented, capable young man. He's good at sports, loves to read, can do math in his head, helps clean the toilets, and is even nice to his little sister and brother. What more could a mother ask for?

Our ward is having a talent show on Saturday and Isaac signed up to do cartwheels and headstands. He's been practicing nonstop and is so excited to display his gymnastically fabulous skills for his adoring public. I have known for a while that he is quite fantastic at cartwheels and headstands, but over the weekend, Isaac discovered a brand new and equally impressive talent.

We were walking around the neighborhood on Saturday delivering Valentines when Isaac, who was a few paces behind me, said those famous two words that I hear so often, "Hey Mom." I fulled expected him to follow with something like "I'm cold" or "Can I eat Clarissa's Valentine since she's not home?" or "I just stepped on some gum."But no. Instead, I get the question, "Did you know I can lick my own chest?" I turned around and sure enough, the boy is walking down the sidewalk while licking his own chest. Don't know how long he'd been doing that and don't know how many neighbors saw, but it was pretty darn neat. I'm wondering if I should call the activities committee and let them know that he has one more talent he'd like to show the ward - self chest licking. Gosh, I'm just bursting with pride! What a talented son I have!