L, M, N, O…G!

We have magnetic letters on our refrigerator that when put inside their base will say the letter and its pronunciation out loud.  Liam’s been playing with them for months, but until today it was the puzzle aspect of the game that interested him (get the letter into the base and make sounds, push the right button and it will sing the alphabet song).  A few minutes ago while I was making coffee he ran over to the refrigerator, pointing at something and screaming “G!” at the top of his lungs.  I should mention here that this is not a new occurrence since he learned that Gillian is his “G” and every time he sees her picture these days he yells “G!” emphatically, so I didn’t really spring to action until I realized that a) we don’t have a picture of Gillian in the kitchen (sorry, G) and b) he was pointing at the refrigerator.  I glanced over and realized that he was, in fact, pointing to the letter G.  Now, I try not to be one of those parents who decides, with absolute certainty, that everything my child does means that he’s a genius (which is actually much harder than you’d think) and my initial reaction was ‘what a funny coincidence.’  Just in case, I knelt down and asked him where the letter “O” was and he pointed to the O.  Then I asked him where the “L” was and after searching for a few seconds, he pointed to the L.  He wasn’t as certain with a few of the other letters (and it doesn’t help that many of them live in a semi-permanent upside-down state), but still.  Wow.  Now this has to be a fluke, right — I mean, an incredible fluke, but a fluke all the same…?