If He Weren't My Son, I'd Have to See it to Believe it

There are times when Kai does something that make me wonder, "Should he be doing this now? Are all 2-year-olds like this?" Sometimes I tell my mom what Kai did, and her reply is often a surprised, "Really?" Granted, my mom only has one kid and it's been a while since she's around any 2-year-olds. Plus, she absolutely adores her grandson, so Kai could be behaving like a little turd and my mom's heart would melt.

Below are a few examples of the kind of things Kai does that just blow my mind.

1
A few nights ago, we were all sitting on the couch watching a hockey game. Kai suddenly grabbed my new "101 Slow Cooker Recipes" cook book from the coffee table and announced, "Kaikai read it!"
He randomly flipped to a page that was all text,
"Where's Owl (from Winnie-the-Pooh 'cause y'know, Owl's the one that can read and write)?"
The beauty of a 2-year-old imagination. Kai found Owl somewhere between the turkey barley soup and chicken kale soup.
The 2-year-old continued, "Owl finding Winnie the Pooh now. Owl want..." He flipped to a page with pictures, "... some food!"
He stared at the picture of a yummy-looking soup for a while. Then he climbed up next to me, "Mommy," he cupped my face with one hand and turned it away from the game and toward him, "Owl want have lunch with Winnie the Pooh... They are having lunch together."
Ah~~~ Have I told you how much I love the fact that Kai loves books?

2
I was in the bathroom getting ready to head out for Kai's flu shot appointment. When I came out, Bill asked Kai to show me what Eeyore does. Apparently Kai's mind had already moved on to something else, so Bill reported what had happened 5 minutes ago:
Kai was playing with his cars. He was showing his dad, "This is Francesco. This is Lightning." All of a sudden, the 2-year-old dropped to his knees and slowly lowering his head on the guest bed in a sad voice, "And not anybody cares..." Then he popped up and revealed cheerfully to his father, "That's Eeyore!"

3
Kai loves "Cars" (1 and 2). He knows all the characters, the plot line, and the stories in every additional book we bought him. "Daddy/Mommy, wanna play cars with Kaikai?" is a question we hear numerous times throughout the day. I often use the opportunity to ask Kai questions. For instance, after I asked "who's McQueen's best friend", I'd ask "who's Kai's best friend" just to try to get to know what's going on in his life a bit more.
(As a side note, Kai's answer to that question a few days ago was "Ugh... Books!" I was both proud and worried. Only 2, my son's already a nerd!)
Okay, what was I writing about anyway?! Yeah, so the other day while we were playing cars, I asked, "Hey Kai, where's McQueen from?" I actually don't know the answer, but I wanted to see how Kai'd handle it. The 2-year-old thought about it for a moment. Hesitantly he answered, "Radiator Springs..." That was good. He understood the answer must be a place, and Cars 1 took place in Radiator Springs. McQueen must be from Radiator Springs!
Then I pushed, "Where's Francesco from?" Kai picked up his Francesco car and said, "Here's Francesco!" I smiled, "Hi, Francesco! You know McQueen's from Radiator Springs. Where are you from?" Kai took McQueen and Francesco on a race for a couple of laps. The race ended right where I was sitting. Kai lifted up Francesco to my nose and said, "This is Francesco... from Italy!"
Nothing escapes this kid. I'm telling ya! What's even more amazing was that, later that day, out of the blue, Kai said to me, "Aunt Viwian's in Hong Kong." (Vivian is my youngest cousin who lives in HK)
I joked, "What do you know about Hong Kong?"
Kai sounded almost offended, "Aunt Viwian's from Hong Kong!!"
Lesson learned: never underestimate how much this 2-year-old actually understands/knows.