Growing up so fast...

Maddi has just surpassed my expectations recently. She had gotten into my purse, pulled out my wallet and had proceeded to take out the cards. I catch in the midle of this and tell her, "No, no, no...put those back please." I figured she would just leave the mess on the floor and find something else to play with, but no, she started to put the cards back into my wallet, folded it up and put it back in my purse! I was so shocked, that all I could say was," Thank You."

I think it's amazing how a 1 1/2 year old can already fully understand a request and proceed to fix the problem, without extensive instruction. Kids are definitely smarter than we give them credit for.