If you know Audrey, you know that she's a pretty smart little kid. If you've been privileged to spend any time around Audrey, you know that there is very little confusion about what she wants. Audrey clearly knows what she wants. And how she wants it. And when she wants it. And where she wants it. Clearly. 100% of the time. And now she has the verbal skills to tell us all of the details of all of the things that she wants - all of the time!!
Conversely, she also knows what she doesn't want. And now she has the verbal skills to tell us all of the details of all of the things that she doesn't want - all of the time!
So much so that lately in our house, no has grown into a two syllable word.
It's not "No." It's not even "NO!"
That's how she says no when she is emphatically against whatever we are advocating.
The best part about how she says no these days – it's in the attitude, she has the oppositional tone of a teenager. It's like she's 2 going on 13.
Me: Audrey, it's time for dinner.
Audrey: No-wa.
Or
Me: Let's go to the store.
Audrey: No-wa.
Or any number of scenarios. Her answer is fairly predictable... unless I say something like:
Me: “Let's go to the Disney Store.”
Audrey: “Dinny Store! Dinny Store! Yay!”
Like I said, the girl just knows what she wants!
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