ornery starts young

Rachel just turned 1 in May. She has developed her own unique sense of humor. She also likes to pester people. Here are some examples.

One day her pants were a little long, and she kept stepping on the hem and accidentally pulling them down. Dominic came in the room, saw her showing some diaper and said, "Rachel, your pants are falling down." Whereupon Rachel reached down and pulled her pants all the way down to her ankles, then laughed.

When she isn't wearing a hair clip, I constantly move her bangs out of her face. She has been known to immediately reach up and push all her hair back in front of her eyes, or to shake her head back and forth, accomplishing the same goal.

Rachel has become very possessive of my lap. If she sees anyone sitting on my lap, she throws a fit. It doesn't matter if she just got down or is playing happily across the room. She makes a beeline for me, says "aah" in a mad way or crys until her face turns red, and then tries to shove her big brother or big sister out of the way.

Benjamin was trying to pour himself a drink. Rachel repeatedly hit the top of the pitcher, smacked the cup out of the way a few times, and hit Benjamin's hand. "Hey!" Benjamin exclaimed in exasperation. Rachel ran off laughing.

I put my laptop down to help Lisy in the bathroom. When I came back, it was off. "Did Rachel turn off my computer?" I asked Dominic. Rachel came over and emphatically shook her head no, finally laughing at me.