Miss Independent

Ella got a stool recently to help with her new toothbrushing habbit of spitting every 2 seconds. And she LOVES the stool. She spends a lot of time on her stool. She’s so excited when I say its time to brush teeth or wash hands.

The past few days though she’s gotten a new attitude about her stool. She’s decided she no longer needs any help now that she has it. So she keeps an eye on me, making sure I’m not following her to the bathroom. If I take one step closer to the bathroom she will come back and give me a shove, reminding me I am not needed on this mission.

Then she’ll come out, and proudly show off her clean hands (although her face is usually still quite a mess). Pretty cool, I guess. I can just say “Go wash your hands.” And she does! With excitement. Nice and easy on my part.

But today she took her independence to a new level. As soon as she got unbundled at the babysitter’s she gave me the obligatory kiss and hug, then a little shove toward the door! As if she was saying “You can go now.”

So, she’s not quite 2 and she’s ready for some indepenence. What are the teen years going to be like? Oh well, I’m sure tonight when she wants to read books and watch Dora and have a sucker she’ll remember she needs a little help from mommy still …

Please don’t disturb me while I’m on my stool.

Off. On. Off. On. Off. On ….

Happy times.