Trickery or Terrible Twos?

Gabe is really coming into his own lately and has real personality PLUS!! He chooses what he wants to eat and will refuse things he doesn't want by simply saying "nope". He runs away from us when we say to 'come here' and he hides from us too when he wants to avoid a diaper change or putting on shoes or whatever. It's cute, but we're learning to pick our battles with him. This morning....I most certainly LOST the battle.

Gabe was eating an omelette for breakfast and I gave him some cateloupe and some blueberries (a new favorite of his) to go with it. He calls the blueberries, "nerries". He really loves them and he went to the grocery store with me just last night to get some more. He ate almost all of his omelette and all of his fruit (or so I thought). When he said "done" I cleaned his hands and face and got him down from his booster chair, which is the normal routine. He ran around to the other side of the table and knelt down on the floor. I wasn't sure what he was doing until he said "nerries". He had obviously dropped one while eating and was going to get it now. I said "No buddy, you can't eat that one off the floor". I took it from him and put it into the trashcan and he immediately dropped to the floor in a fit of hysterics.

This is where it gets GOOD...I ignored him and went back into the living room where Gavin was playing. Gabe stayed there in the kitchen floor for a minute and then came running in behind me. He held up his hand and showed me the blueberry (which he'd just fished out of the trash!) and said "nerry" and then took off running down the hall. I proceeded to get up and chase him to prevent the inevitablility of him eating the blueberry. He ran around the corner, threw his paci out of his mouth, tossed the blueberry in and when he came around the other way to meet me again, he looked at me, smiled, rubbed his belly and yelled "YUM"! All I could do was laugh out loud.

Mommy = foiled by the 21 month old. We're in for it if he's already this smart and not even 2 yet!!!


(insert wicked cackle here)..."I just LOOK sweet and innocent"!