Miss Independent!

Emma is REALLY independent - to a fault! Friends tell me girls are often more independent than boys, which might well be true, but I think Emma takes it to a new level. She's 26 months old and pretty much has to do it all on her own. For instance, we were going to do groceries this morning. She went out to the front hall closet, got her jacket off the hanger, layed it on the floor and did a "flip, flop, over the top" and put her jacket on, then on went her boots and she went into the closer drawer to get a hat and scarf and she was ready before me!! We were playing with Playdough earlier and she had to open all the containers (I find them hard to open, but she persisted and got them all done!), get all the dough out and then put it all away when she was done, covers on and all. She has to dress herself, right down to her socks and shoes. When we do groceries, she gets out of the cart and goes to grab whatever she feels like having - today, it was cheese sticks and sushi (not together!lol). The most often heard phrases in our house are: "I can do it" "Do it myself" "All by myself", etc. etc. I swear if it wasn't for the fact that when we met her when she was 10 months old, she was physically/developmentally at the level of a 10 month old (our doctor confirmed that her age was appropriate given her teeth (or lack thereof), soft spot, etc), I'd swear she was a year older than she is! She's a total hoot! She's also always up for anything... Thomas is having so much fun with her...she might be 6 years younger than him, but she'll try anything he wants to do!lol He had her doing pushups yesterday...you should see her do them...she is so strong!