Independence

Noelle said a cute thing the other night so I thought I'd share. We were in her room getting ready for her to take a bath and she very nicely said to me "Mom I'm a big girl so I don't need help with putting my towel on anymore...I don't need my mom, or dad, or granmudder (that's how she says grandmother), or papa...I can do it myself now." I am not one to argue with a three year olds declaration of independence when it has to do with something like using a towel so I agreed with her. Later though when it was time to get out she picked up her towel but changed her mind. She told me that she didn't think she knew how to put her towel on herself and I was actually happy that I had not been relieved of my motherly duty in this area yet. I got to put the little elephant head on her cute little head and wrap her up in her pink elephant towel once again. It's weird though that one day I will not get her out of the bath and put her towel on...someday she will do that all by herself. Until then I will enjoy getting to wrap her up and squeeze her and pretend she is still my little baby.