Down Mulberry Lane

Just had to share...

You know quirks your kids have.  Well, this little one of ours... she is quite the bold little one.  She just turned two a couple weeks ago and she is a little spitfire!  She reminds me in different ways of my other girls, but she sure is her own personality. 

Her current couple of quirks that I hadn't seen in my other girls are: 

When she doesn't like what we are telling her, she listens, nods her head yes, like I heard you, then Shhhhh's you.  Like, that's enough, I get it.  She was climbing up onto the coffee table, she then climbed on a stack of drawers that hold her toys and I told her... Momma doesn't like it when you climb up so high... she nods yes then looks at me and says SHHHhhhhh.  It is sooo cute that I am doing all I can to keep from laughing.  The rest of the family is unable to control themselves... they bite their lips or turn away so that she hopefully will catch on that it is impolite to Shhh, someone.  She even holds her little finger up to her lips as she does it... and it doesn't sound rude, but I feel it can grow into a rude statement, so we are watching this closely and letting her know that this is not acceptable to do.

The second is that she is soooo honest.  If she does something wrong... she says... Baby did it.  I will find something and she will say... Baby did it.  I say, you did it?  She says, Uh huh, baby did it.  Tonight she brought me an aquadisk (a frisbee for water) and she says... Oh my, color (it had marker marks on the back), uh huh, baby did it.   I pray that this honesty will not be curbed... what an asset to develop this at such a young age.  I just pray that I do not react in such a way that would encourage her to be dishonest at some future time. 

Anyways, just sharing...

Warmly, ~Melissa

thanks for stopping by!

10:47 PM, March 14, 2007 .. Posted by ZookeeperCat

Ahhh, two-year-olds. That reminds me an awful lot of my cousin's girl, similar sort of adorably strong-willed personality.

That does sound like a bad lambing season. Do you usually do it this early? My dad's been pasture-lambing in May, since the Canadian market isn't so dependent on Easter. Nine bottle babies is a lot of extra work! Good thing kids love that stuff. Mine are always thrilled to be Granddad's bottle-feeding help.

Cat, Lazy Creek Zookeeper

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6:41 AM, March 15, 2007 .. Posted by a1health

That is SO cute. See if you can get a picture of her with her finger to her lips and post it. It's good that you're teaching her now to stop or she may get bossy later.
Have a great day!
~Farrah