Wonderful to See

At two years, one month of age, our precious sweetness is developing an independent streak. If at all possible, she would like the following demands to be met: Access to the dining room table (to eat meals and/or survey everything in the vicinity from the height of big people), not to be carried from room to room without written permission, more chocolate, to walk the dogs "naked" (meaning in only a diaper), to sit in the driver's seat of Mommy's car while Mommy sits in the backseat, to ride horseback on the family dog Boo, ditto on Mommy and Daddy, to watch "The Sound of Music" once a day in its entirety, and to cut her own food. We know from our parenting books, and from our inner wisdom, what a good sign it is for a child Annalee's age to develop likes and dislikes and the ability to express them. So, that's one thing. The other thing is that it is wonderful to see.