It took a week and a half

I don't know how often we have blogged about Tyler and his interest in everything that is spoken and his ability to remember most of it. I actually find it impossible to have a conversation with Dave when the kids are awake (which is incredibly frustrating). But Tyler just can't help it. He listens to everything and you get one sentence into a conversation and he suddenly wants to be a part of it. His curiosity gets the better of him every time. He is either asking us to tell him more or asking what it is we are talking about and his questions go on and on. He absolutely loves it when people tell him stories. When Dave gets home from work early on some days and can tell Tyler stories about his day, Tyler curls up on his lap and just listens intently, encouraging Dave's stories with a periodic (and enthusiastic) "UmmHmm". And he has the ability to remember the tiniest details months/years down the road. I remember a few months back we were eating and Tyler suddenly brought up some spicy noodles that we ate at a hotel in Spokane two years ago. It was crazy.

Fast forward to the imagination movers and Tyler spent the first half of the show stone faced and still as a statue. You could see his mind working in overdrive and he was absorbing everything that was going on. It was actually very funny to watch. Towards the end of the show the Movers took some time to talk, telling us a little about themselves and where they are from etc. They happen to be from Louisiana and were all affected by Hurricane Katrina. They mentioned that all of their houses had been flooded. The was one sentence in their "speech"

As we were walking out, Dave asked "I bet he asks me about the flooding tomorrow." Well the days have come and gone with no questions about the flooding comment.....until today, a week and half after the concert. There was some Imagination Movers music playing on our radio and Tyler suddenly asked, why were the movers houses flooded? What does that mean?

A week and half that question rolled around in there. Who know if he was aware of it or not but Dave was right on the money. Tyler doesn't miss a thing. Ever.