Refrigerator Raider

DID YOU KNOW...

2YOs are terribly skilled at the following?

• Jumping up and down non-stop on the bed
• Swimming in manner of drowning cat in bathtub
  
• Cutting stuff up (mags, paper, blu-tac, whatever...)
  
• Peeling eggs
• Carrying a bowl of cornflakes and milk from kitchen to livingroom w/o spilling (ok, this is gd)
  
• Switching on the DVD player, putting disc in, pressing 'Play' then scrambling to the sofa
• Using lip gloss & lipstick on self
• Climbing up and down the toilet bowl (but no, still NOT toilet trained. Heavens!)
  
• Shredding tissue paper into snowflake-like sizes
  
• Playing 'doctor', 'chef', 'librarian' (<--New entry!)
• Being Indian chief (note use of 'being' rather than 'playing', as is apt)
  

Amongst these skills & others, Danielle is also extremely adept at opening and closing the fridge door.

It doesn't help that the landlord's fridge is perfectly sized for 2YOs like her.

See what I mean?

And just this morning, she tried to flaunt her new skills in 'Winning An Argument'...

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[Heavy footsteps leading to back of the house. Has evidently not mastered the art of stealth unlike...Me. I follow surreptitiously behind.]

Opens fridge door (rather noisily. once again shoddy work in the stealth dept). Helps herself to:
a) Another slice of cheese, or
b) Contents in the open packet of toffee, or
c) Both

Me (standing akimbo): Danielle!
D : (bewildered) oh darn, oh darn. she caught me! quick! look cute, look cute
D : G..g..Go to computer mummy!
Me: What are you doing here?
D : I want to leave alone!
Me: (dumbfounded)
Me: You have to ask Mummy for permission!
D : No! (stamps feet)
Me: Yes!
D : No!
Me: Yes!
D :I don't want leave here!(or perhaps she means 'live'??)
Me: I have completely no idea what you're saying but, No!

This goes on for a few more minutes till finally...I relent.

Oh heck. Another slice of cheese isn't going to kill her.

Right, Daisy?

Moo.