What am I going to do with him?

We had been counting up to a million, 1-10, then by 10s to 100, then 100s, 1000s, 10,000s, 100,000s to a million. Brendan would always stop at a million but on Saturday he wanted to go on, we did 10 millions, 100 millions, billions, trillions, quadrillions, quintillions, all the way up to 40 sextillion before something distracted him. Yesterday, he was in the swing at the playground and next to him was a little girl about a year younger and her mother and young teenage sister were talking to her. The sister was asking the little girl what her birthday was and Brendan throws out June 19th and they laughed. He got encouraged and he just chatted away and charmed them and the sister commented "He's so smart". I never know what to say when people say that. I don't want to seem like I'm some strutting mother, so I think I said "Oh he and talks all the time" as if that ameliorated his being smart. Today he wanted to play with play doh, which means I make things he tells me to make. Of course I had to make the whole alphabet, the numbers up to 30 (he stops at 30 because that where I drew the line the last time we did this) and then shapes from a circle to an octogon. He's constantly stopping to spell something or ask "What spells XXXX" and then tells you.

This little boy is so smart it scares me sometimes. Honestly he keeps making some leap of comprehension that I'm blown away by. I have been doing alot of searching but I wonder where will I be able to find a decent education for him. I recently saw what is considered to be a standard kindergarten curriculum and Brendan at 2 years and 10 months is already doing everything in it with the exception of the writing. And he still has another year of preschool and then pre-k before kindergarten. How many times can he do the alphabet before he'll lose interest in school?

He's such a happy little boy and doesn't realize at this point how different he is. And his differences are compounded by his lack of social skills. He's been at preschool part-time since August. He's progressed alot in terms of relating to the other children and according to his teachers he plays with them now, but he's still so socially unaware. He doesn't seem to know how to relate to other kids alot of the time. I guess most 2 and 3 year olds don't really care that decagon has 10 sides or any of the other things that often interest Brendan. The only child he really seems to want to play with and plays well with is his cousin Kyle, maybe because Kyle is very smart too? We're going to Sesame Place in June with another SMC and her 3.5 year old daughter. I really wonder how Brendan will do relating to another child on a one on one basis for a length of time. I'm hoping it will be a really good experience for him.

Then again, why does a child who can add by 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, who can tell you odd and even numbers, why can't he eat with a fork or pull his pants down? But he won't go off to college not knowing how to put on his socks, right?