Terrible 2's or Teriffic 2's?

This is my new favorite picture of Lola. Even though she isn't smiling, she looks adorable. She was at the table eating breakfast, in the "innocence of the morning" - which basically means that she was in an agreeable mood and had done nothing (yet) to test Dean or I. She spends about 50% of her time the last 2 weeks trying to do things, or reach things that she is not supposed to.

Here is a funny example. Last night she was in the bath. I stepped out to get her a towel, and when I came back in, she wanted to show me how she "pours the water." So she starts pouring water from an empty shampoo bottle into the lid, and then took a drink of it. She has been told since she was old enough to sit in the bath and could reach her hand to her mouth that we DON'T drink bath water. I said "please don't let me see you do that again," to which she quickly replied "well you better get out!" Seriously, she said that to me, plain as day.

However, she is SO sweet at the same time. When she gets in trouble, she is always quick to say "I'm sorry" and she says "I love you so much mommy and daddy" about 100 times per day. She is always pretending to make "surprises" for people that she loves, and she has the prettiest little singing voice. She has an imagination with no end to it, and she can entertain herself quite well.

So, there are good and bad aspects of this phase of life, just like any other.

I will have pictures of Dean's new fly ride soon. :)