Braggart

My six year old nephew, James, is the smartest Kindergartener I know.  Plus, he is so stinking cute and sweet that I just want to steal him.  He called me the other night, and this is how our conversation went.

Me:  Hello?
James:  Aunt Kristin!
Me: (Surprised, because I expected his momma on the other end.) Hi James!  How are you?
James:  Aunt Kristin, guess what.  I read the book you got me when I was a baby.
Me:  (Confused, though I know I certainly have gotten him many books, I don't know which one.)  You did?  What book was that?
James:  The Little Engine That Could.  It was the first book I ever got.  You gave it to me when I was a baby and you wrote a note in the front.
Me:  I did(??)!!!  Wow.  That is so awesome.  And you read it?
James:  Yep, I read it by myself and the note too.
Me:  Well, what did the note say?
James:  Oh, hold on... (goes to get book)... "Christmas two hundred... I mean two thousand seven.  Dear James, You can do whatever you want if you put your mind to it.  Don't ever give up.  Love, Aunt Kristin"
Me:  (basically in tears at this point)  James!!!  That is so amazing.  I cannot believe you read that and read the book.  You are so smart.

More conversation ensues, and then I talk to Christine (his momma) and proceed to tell her how that just made my night.  Seriously, he is SIX!!!!!!!!!!  And, he read The Little Engine That Could, which has a lot of big words in it like merrily and steadily AND HE READ THOSE WORDS!  Apparently, the other kids in his class are reading Level 1 and 2 books and he's reading Level 3.  His teacher calls him her little reader.  I could not be more proud, as you can tell.  I hope they test him for Gifted!  That was always the best day of my week in elementary school.  (As a side note, he was born in January 2006 and I am certain that was not the first book I gave him, or that anyone else gave him for that matter.)  :)

Such a boy.