Terrible 2s...

Ok, so today is the official first day of London using sentences--that is, if you define sentences as 2 words put together. She has been using 2 words together all day. My favorite one was when she was carrying around a little backpack on her back and she found a little toy cow. She took the backpack off, put the cow inside, turned around and looked at me and said, "Moo moo ba-paCK." With the emphasis on the "ck" at the end. It was so cute.

Also, I thought the terrible 2's weren't supposed to start till age 2. Well, I am realizing this week that they are starting now. Here are just a few of the things she has done over the last 2 days.

1. Standing on a chair against the fridge pushing the water dispenser button as water streamed out onto the floor. (I'm not sure how long she did this, but from the amount of water on the floor, it was a long time--I was in the shower when it happened).

2. During my piano-lesson teaching today, she pulled every cushion off both our couches and put them in the middle of the room. The cushions are huge...she is small...??????

3. During another one of my lessons, the aroma of baby powder started wafting towards me so I got up to check it out....she was in her room on her changing table with powder ALL over-like an entire bottle while she gleefully squirted lotion from the pump bottle. There was lotion and powder EVERYWHERE!

4. Today I thought she was downstairs playing with Jackson and then I heard a little noise in the bathroom-so I peeked in and what you see in the picture below is what I saw--a naked rugrat brushing her teeth. Here is what she does: She takes off all her clothes and diaper, sits on the toilet and attempts to go to the bathroom. She then puts tons of toilet paper in the toilet, flushes, then gets up and brushes her teeth. Now, this doesn't seem very naughty. but after doing this about 15 times a day, it starts to get exhausting...for me. I am sure it is great fun for her.

I am sure this is just the beginning...

Here we have the pretty princess who is quickly turning into a tasmanian devil. (This was taken in August)

Cinderella London and Cinderella Emery (a friend)
I was trying to get London to smile so I told her to show me her teeth. It worked pretty well. I highly recommend it.

And here we have her brushing her teeth for about the 10th time today after successfully undressing herself for the 10th time today.