Mommy's Little Mimic

Hannah has really gotten into mimicking everything Mommy does these days. Rarely can I cook a meal or wash my hands without my "helper". The funniest part I think is when she is "mommying" her dolls and stuffed animals. She tells them "take turns", "no throwing", "do not hit", and often just randomly yells "no" at them. I try not to laugh too much but it's difficult, especially at this moment when I can hear her in room. She has just woken up from her nap and she is asking the stuffed animals "want new bed?" and telling them "no pushing". Apparently the stuffed animals must be pushing each other to get into her bed. What a bunch of little hooligans - I bet the lion is the one doing the pushing, he always has that mischeivious look in his eyes...

On another note, as she is mimicking everything Mommy does, she is also wanting more and more independence. The most common phrase heard around our house is "want do it self." She wants to put on her own clothes, pull on her own diaper, put on her shoes, dry off by herself, climb into bed, climb into her carseat, walk down stairs, brush her own teeth, brush her own hair - the list just goes on and on. If Mommy makes the mistake of trying to help to hurry things along, well just watch out. Usually I can either instruct her enough to do it right (such as when she is trying to put her shoes on the wrong foot) or I can distract her enough to get her to let me do it right once she's already done it (such as when she brushes her own teeth). It's great to see her mastering so many skills, even if I'm exhausted from chasing her around, trying to get her head out of the arm hole in her shirt.