Hey, Terrible Twos, You’re Not Supposed to Show Up Until the END of the Month

Things Henry and Eleanor have bitched about today:

Insisting on climbing up the changing table for a new diaper
Refusing to climb up the changing table for a new diaper
Mom placing them on changing table after refusing to climb
Getting cereal bar filling on their hands at breakfast
Mom cleaning up the cereal bar filling on their hands at breakfast
Having to put on shirts
Having to put on pants
Having to put on socks
Having to put on shoes
Mom not zipping up their coats
Insisting on walking the three steps from stroller to car
Wanting Mom to take off shoes
Mom taking off shoes
Not enough Goldfish crackers served at lunch
Wanting to get down from table to play
Mom getting them down from table to play
Mom refusing to draw any more trains on the MagnaDoodle after drawing nine in a row
Mom shutting patio door, cutting off supply of ladybugs
Second helpings of corn at supper served a whole thirty seconds after first helpings were consumed

We’re definitely entering the “asserting your independence” phase, don’t you think?