song and dance man

Elias danced more than any baby i've known. he's demonstrated remarkable musical capacity from an early age. nearly as soon as he could talk, he could hum/sing peices of music he'd heard; when it was a peice of classical music w/o words, he would supplement his own based on what he could see out his car window, but the rhythm and melody stayed pefect. he's is off to a scorching start to piano lessons, picking up the two-hand thing straightaway. he is a kind and dutiful big brother, and very thoughtful. i am surprised that at only 5-6 yrs old, i was virtually completely comfortable leaving the baby in his care (for an entire minute or so at a time). he is also immensely strong: i saw him recently carrying his little sister, Sophia (whom you may recall is a stringbean, but a 4 yr old stringbean nonethless), crosswise, like a little baby, with no visible strain. el chico es fuerte como el toro. like his mother, his sneezes come in couplets/triplets. one is never enough.
his piety makes me try harder.