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Entering a new phase
October 28, 2007
What should we call it? The mischievous phase? The learning how to be a troublemaker and shift the blame phase? Certainly part of it is just more imitation and mimicry. It's a little funny, but at the same time a glimpse into the new headaches of the future. What are we in for?
Story #1: Mia asked me to go upstairs with her. I told her I would go in a second. She decided to get a head start. Just as I was getting to the bottom of the stairs I heard a loud thud so I burst up the first 3 steps so that I could see around the corner. I expected to see her hanging on for dear life or to catch her as she rolled down to meet me. Instead she was standing at the top of the steps with a smirk on her face. As soon as she saw me she yelled, "I scared you!" followed by an evil giggle.
Story #2: Mia was eating a cracker and for no apparent reason decided to open her mouth and start shoving the chewed up food out with her tongue. It's landing all over the floor, a toy or two, her feet, and she just keeps doing it while I'm watching her and asking her why in the world she is doing that... and to stop it! She finally stops-- when she runs out of chewed up mush-- and I said, "Mia, why would you do that? Now we have a big mess to clean up." She runs over to get her Minnie Mouse and starts scolding her. "Minnie don't spit! Sit here." She then puts Minnie in time out. That lasts about 2 1/2 seconds until she takes her over to the scene of the crime, sets her down right in the pile of cracker bits and tells her, "We have to clean!"
Posted by Kimberly at October 28, 2007 07:53 AM