Each day brings a new little something that our clever girl figures out out how to do. In some cases this is cute and charming – other times not so much. Let’s look at a couple of examples:

Cute & Charming:

• Poses down after she takes her vitamins, showing you how strong she is.
• Likes having her blankets fashioned as a cape so she can fly around the back yard.
• Can sing almost the entire first verse of Rock-A-Bye Baby from memory (Wock a bee bee tee top).
• Highly proficient at using her computer (pooter).

Not so much:

• Eats Play Dough.
• Has learned how to gag herself – practices regularly with string cheese.
• Spends her unsupervised time familiarizing herself with the contents of the junk drawer (which she can barely peer into on tiptoes), and on more than one occasion has emerged from the kitchen carrying scissors.
• Has taught herself how to dangle from things. Most recently: one of the shelves of the cheap Target bookshelf we bought for her room.

Reality Check: Clever. Cute. Dangerous. Not even 2 years old.