It sounds like an odd question, and it seems like I may be looking for an ego boost or an ‘atta-boy’, but I’m honest-to-God serious about this. I will be asking this question in other places but I’m dying to know what you may think. Is any of this normal?

Here are the facts about Novalee, born July 2007

• She can use an iPhone.
  When I say ‘use the iPhone’, I mean she will unlock it, scroll through all the app pages to search for YouTube or the Dora Chrystal Kingdom game, or any other app I have that she likes. She will watch a video, click ‘back’ and select a new video or watch the same one – over and over and over and over.. She will play games, tilting this way and that for the motion controls, or dragging her fingers around to land planes.
  
  
• She knows the alphabet
  Is this common for a 2 year old? She can recite the alphabet, A-Z in words or song. She can spell her own name (Novalee), she can say her last name (Page-Auger), she can pick out many letters when you write them.
  
  
• She can count to 20 in English and 12 in Spanish
  
  
• She puts together puzzles – by herself – with 30+ pieces, designed for 5 year olds.
  
  
• She can recognize written words.
  This is actually what prompted me to write this. She can see a list of movies (text only) and we can ask her to pick “Finding Nemo” or “Backyardigans” for example. We tested this theory in several ways, and it seems to be true. Tonight she was using her iPod (yes, she has her own iPod) and stated that she was going to watch the Backyardigans. The stopped the movie she was on, scrolled through the TEXTUAL LIST of movies, selected “Backyardigans  – mvrip” and badabing.
  
  
• She can use a computer
  This really amazes me. Once we get her to NickJr.com or kids.pbs.org we can leave her alone for hours if we wanted to. She will select whichever show she wants to fool around with – the Backyardigans, Dora, Diego – whatever suits her fancy. And she doesn’t just click around – she plays the games. She listens to the instructions and plays the games. For example, there’s  a game where the instructor tells her to find the had with the train on it. She looked through all the hats, found the one with the train on it, dragged and dropped it onto the head of Tyrone, and shouts “I DID IT”!… She’s almost always right. She can recognize a button whether it’s an image or a standard button, she can recognize back and forward buttons.
  
  
• She can use YouTube.com
  She can’t type, but she can actually browse the site, watch related videos, and get this – if she likes a video she gives it 5 stars. Often on my computer which is liked to Facebook so all my friends think I watch Dora and Sesame Street all afternoon. “Big Robby gave 5 stars to “Elmo Sings About Dinner”.
  
  
• Her vocabulary is HUGE.
  There’s very few things she can’t say. If she doesn’t know the word, you can ask her to say it and within a moments she’s using it regularly. She says full sentences most of the time, she is very clear with her words, she can express her emotions verbally (though most often accompanied by a physical outburst). She tells you a mostly complete detailed account of her daily activities when asked, often even if you don’t.
  
  
• She speaks in Spanish
  She literally uses Spanish in everyday life. For example – “Espera, Mama, Espera”.

I am not lying, exaggerating, embellishing or in any way bending the truth. If this is abnormal, I will get video of it all and share it. Is this normal for a 2 year old child?

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