Mr. Independence

Alex is Mr. Independence. He insists on doing everything possible by himself, and he does not ask for help unless he was unable to do it himself. This is yet another personality trait that I think will great for him when he's older. However, at age 2 it can be a little scary!

This morning, I found Alex toasting his own waffle.

I walked into the kitchen to find him standing on a chair that he had pushed up to the counter where the toaster was. The toaster was in the process of toasting a blueberry waffle. Alex was holding the bag of waffles and was putting the clip back on the top to seal the bag shut. He had gotten the frozen waffles out of the freezer all by himself, unclipped the bag, taken out a waffle, put it in the toaster, and figured out how to toast it (we have a new toaster with several buttons). Scary!

I asked him what he was doing. He said, "Making waffle!" He was so proud of himself! We had a little talk about how only grown ups should use toasters and how he needs to ask Mommy to make his waffles. If only he would!