Yes, he is smart

I go to pick the kids up from daycare today, and Ben is in the backyard with his class. They have fences separating the different age groups, and when Ben sees me, he runs up to the gate and opens it and runs to me. The teacher looks at me and says, "Oh, He can open the latch?" The way she said it seemed part shocked, part amazed, and part why didn't you warn me. I tell her, "I guess so, but we do not have any latches like that, and that is the first time I have even seen him try to open it." She then says, "I guess he has been watching us." Have you not met my son? Do you not realize he is a very smart two year old? He acted like it was no big deal to open that gate, so they are going to have to watch it from now on.