They are little pistols and faster than speeding bullets! Piper, being 4 or so, doesn't get into too much mischief in the house, but her determination to do what she wants now entails me picking her up to take out garbage (a 12 second process normally). So now, while holding her, I open door, pick up bag, set bag down outside, close door, pick up bag, set bag down outside of container, lift heavy lid, pick up bag, heft bag into container, close lid. Why? Because, truth be told, it's just easier to do all that rather than trying to block a relentless, fast, clever Pipe (think Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Emmitt Smith...). And, like you Cindy 17, I love every exasperating minute of these shenanigans and find myself laughing at her different ploys in order to get what she wants! Sometimes as she is anticipating what I'm about to do, I'll catch her little eyes sorta go up and over to the side and I can see her wheels turning---these little guys are just ca-razy smart...And Pipe knows, if all else fails, go for cutest-thing-ever-in-the-entire-universe; stick a fork in me, I'm done! |