Welcome to ToddlerTown, Population Shoshanna

Ways to make Shoshanna very, very happy:

• Say, "Shoshanna, pick out a pair of pants to put on!" She'll crawl as fast as she can to her dresser, open then drawer, pull out the first clothes her little hands get to, and crawl as fast as she can to her little stepstool, climb up on it, and either hand you the clothes to put on her or try to put them on herself. This is extra-funny becasue she always tries to put body-clothes on her head. Sock and shoes she knows go on feet... everything else apparently goes on her head.
  
• Break out the crayons and paper.
  
• Ask "Where's Shoshanna's head?" and applaud excitedly when she smacks herself in the temples with both hands.
  

Ways to make Shoshanna very, very mad:

• Remove her from the stairs when she thinks climbing is the best thing to be doing.
  
• Try to put away the crayons (even if she's not using them anymore).
  
• Insist on changing her diaper before she gets dressed in the morning.
  

Shoshanna and I are off to Oklahoma tomorrow morning for 5 days - wish me luck with our three-hour layover in Chicago!