What a memory!

Daniel and I have often marveled at Andrew’s memory; he seems to remember impossible things! Tonight he gave us a prime example. Sitting on the little bookshelf in Nick’s room beside the change table there was a little gift bag that has been there for 5 months. It was one of those things I put there and then didn’t get around to moving – it should probably go in a drawer with our gift wrapping stuff or somewhere but it just ended up staying there. Tonight Andrew points to it on the shelf under a packet of nappy-sacks and says “Auntie Neil”. Now this did confuse me for a minute as he was trying to say Uncle Neil, my brother, but that was pretty close. When I asked him “What about Uncle Neil?” he said “Present, Auntie Neil, Wiggles.” He picked up the bag to show it to me and luckily there was a tag on it that refreshed my memory or I wouldn’t have had a clue what he was talking about. When Nick was born my brother and his wife sent Andrew a Wiggles DVD as a gift so he didn’t feel left out with all the gifts Nick was getting (thanks to everyone who did that by the way – really thoughtful and much appreciated) and on the tag they had written: “To Andrew, To celebrate his new brother, Neil and Annette”. Now, how the bloody hell did Andrew remember that? Firstly, Neil and Annette live in Alice Springs so it was posted to him, and secondly, out of all the DVDs he has, that it was the Wiggles one? Just incredible! Smart cookie that one!