Independence

Capri has hit that stage where she is seeking her own independence, and trying to do everything on her own.  As a parent, it’s so adorable to watch her grow, learn and be able to do things on her own.  She wants to brush her own hair, brush her own teeth and put her shoes on when we get ready.  She wants to do her seat belt by herself.  She wants to unzip her sweater and take it off by herself.  Her most common phrases the last few weeks have been “I did it”, “I can do it”, “I do it”, “It’s mine”, “I want it!”.  With all this cuteness there is frustration from her and us, as she tries to figure this out.  There are some things she insists on doing (like unlocking the door when we get home) that she simply can’t do, because she’s too small still.  She doesn’t quite understand, and so we have increased the number of tantrums in this house like two fold.

With all of this independence, she craves praise from us for all her help.  She loves to be called “Mommy’s little helper”.  On Friday we decided to make some cupcakes for daddy for his long week of work (she knows she can’t eat these cupcakes).  She helped me mix the ingredients, put the cupcake liners in the pan, and we “waited for the beep” and she helped me frost the cupcakes.  It was so fun, but still filled with a lot of frustration as she wanted to do EVERYTHING, even if she couldn’t.  I wanted to give her as much to do as possible, but she is still a little young for this activity.  She looked so cute in her little apron (She got the apron at my Sister-in-law’s bridal shower a few months ago), and was a great little helper.  Here is video of her watching the oven.

I ended the video right before the next tantrum (you’re welcome!), because she had a hard time understanding and being patient of all the time we had to wait.  Hopefully, the more she does this with me the more she will learn, but it was such a fun experience!