What do you think...Christmas card picture?

Emma has started rebelling against clothes and diapers. As I try to enjoy all these toddler nuances...I really do hope this is just a stage!! Lately I'm lucky if I can get her and I dressed and out of the house by 11. I've realized if I tell her something very enticing as to where we are going, I can get her to somewhat cooperate. So today I told her we were going to get daddy's christmas gifts and "daddy" was all she needed to hear. She ran and got her boots on and went straight to the door. I couldn't resist taking a picture!

Earlier in the morning, naked of course, emma spotted a spider and brought me over to show and tell me (over and over again!). She disappeared for a second and came back with a wipe in hand and to my shock told me to "kill it, kill it". After I took the wipe, she stepped back a few feet to sit and watch. Once she realized that I wasn't going near it, she came back over, grabbed the wipe out of my hand and said, "I got it", like she was sick and tired of waiting for me to do it! With all the bravery she could muster up, she held out the wipe and took a few steps forward. But just like her mommy, she couldn't quite do it and we've decided to let daddy handle it when he gets home. She continues to keep me entertained everyday and also very aware of how much she watches what we say and do! I hope I haven't turned my daughter into the type of person that has to call her husband to come home from work to kill a spider or save her from a snake or lizard (same thing, right??)!