Maggie is becoming more independent, wanting to do things on her terms. This is a good thing. She's going to be a strong woman, not afraid to speak her mind, able to help herself and solve her own problems, refuse to take guff from anyone. And her parents will come up with new tricks to make her do the things that actually need to be done. Now to figure out which battles are really worth fighting. . .
In other news, Maggie has become a cat. Maybe it's because we're not cat people, but it really does seem like most of the day is spent pretending she's a cat. She crawls around, meows, asks for cat treats, keeps exclaiming "look what the baby kitty cat did!", and gives licky cat kisses. This morning I was absolutely relieved when she refused to come to breakfast because she was talking (in English!) to her imaginary friend robot instead of just mewing on the ground. Let's hope this phase doesn't last long!
