Little Lady?

Having a 2 year old can be quite the adventure. Cadence wants to be a part of everything we do, and is yet becoming increasingly independent. Her strides towards independence can be as amusing as they are frustrating. It's been amazing watching her transform from our baby girl into a little girl.

I thought she was looking particularly cute this day and wanted to get a picture. It turns out getting a straight picture from from her is quite a challenge as you will see:

Cadence loved the bounce house at our annual church picnic!

She has developed unique ways of eating her veggies. Here she has shoved carrot chips into the crevice of one of her plates. She did eat them all up after playing a bit!

This is her new way of eating green beans. She now pulls them apart and eats the little seeds out of the beans. Sometimes she eats the outer shell afterward, sometimes she gives them to me (what she does with any uneaten food...um...thanks):

Here, it's hard to see, but Cadence covered her hands in Ranch dressing and declared, "soap!". She then rubbed her hands together pretending to "wash" them. With enough rubbing, the dressing sort of absorbed into her hands...disturbing!

After coming home from running errands, I left the room to take care of something with the baby. This is what I returned to...the day's mail scattered on the floor and a brand new box of nursing pads dumped out on the couch:

If you look closely you will see just a couple of these pieces out of place. Cadence did this puzzle completely by herself! No, she can't read, but she's pretty well got the whole thing memorized: