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Nick CannonandBrittany Bell’s little boy is learning fast!
On Saturday, the Ph.D. student mom of three, 35, shared a video of sonRise Messiah, 8 months, where the infant sits across from her on a field of grass with a basketball on the ground between them.
In the video, Bell asks Rise to wave, which he does. “Hi Rise, good job,” the mom laughs.
“Rise, can you put your arms up? Let me see, arms up!” she coaches.
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Rise Messiah sitting on grass.brittany bell/instagram
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Rise follows along, raising his arms until his mom instructs him to put them back down.
“What about clap, can you clap?” she asks, to which Rise starts hitting the ground before bringing his hands together to clap.
“On his way!! He started reading sight words already too!!!! Can’t wait to show you all.🤍✨,” Bell wrote.
In addition to Rise, Bell andNick Cannonshare daughterPowerful Queen, 2, and sonGolden Sagon, 6, whostarted the second grade at 5 years old.
Earlier this year, the proud mom shared a video on Instagram of her and Golden in the car together, where she quizzed him on spelling words. He could easily spell the words “knowledge” and “silence,” with the video cutting off as he started to spell “imitated.”
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“This is amazing. He blew me away. He inspires me.”
In addition to his three kids with Bell, Cannon shares twins Moroccan and Monroe, 12, with ex-wifeMariah Carey.
Additionally, he’s dad to two children with Alyssa Scott: sonZen— whodiedat 5 months old in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer — and daughterHalo Marie, 5 months.
source: people.com
