Me Do!

Does anyone else have a little two year old who wants to do everything by herself?!

"Me do," and "I do it myself," are two of the most common phrases heard in my household over the past few weeks.  My oldest was independent also, but nothing like this!  I think my youngest daughter has acquired mommy's independent trait:

My two year old can dress herself, with the exception of getting her socks on correctly. She can also undress herself and likes to do this at random times during the day.

She can peel her own clementine.

She can turn the light on to the bathroom, pee pee in the potty, wash her hands and turn the light off all by herself. (We are still working on number 2-that's another post on it's own!).

This little one can climb into the van and buckle herself into her car seat, (or she thinks she can).

She can get her own ice water, (which usually ends with a puddle on the floor).

She likes to pick out her own clothes, along with her brother's clothes, and sometimes mommy's clothes.

Little Missy CANNOT open her own package of Belvita crackers, but she will try for many minutes before throwing a mini tantrum on the kitchen floor and then succumb to let mommy open the package for her.

She can put on her snow pants, coat and hat by herself. She will attempt to put on her mittens and boots before melting down in frustration.  On the other hand, we have received notes from her brother's teacher, telling us we need to have him work on trying to dress himself.  He has zero interest in doing this.

She can climb into her own high chair and buckle herself into place.

Where we are living now, she is able to open the fridge and get her sippy of milk all by herself. She will do this over and over and over again, taking one little drink each time before returning a minute later to enjoy this independence again.

Although I love this new found independence, it can definitely make you pull your hair out, especially on those days when you are in a hurry and just need to get the child dressed for school!  Hopefully some of this trait will rub off on her twin or mommy and daddy will be dressing him until he leaves for college!