Sentence of the Day- Cautionary Tale

We must tell Katy to "Stop that!", "Don't touch that!", "Watch out!", "Hot- don't touch!" about a thousand times a day. She's two. She's curious. She's into EVERYTHING!! Lately, the tides have turned and we regularly hear our cautionary warnings coming out of her mouth. For example:

As I step onto the step stool (that has a permanent home in our pantry for me to reach the top shelf), I hear Katy say from her perch at the kitchen table, "Be careful, Mommy!"

I was cutting fabric on our double-sided desk in the art room, the other day. Ted's hands were close to where I was cutting (don't worry, I was aware of their placement and wasn't going to get fancy with the scissors!) when Katy pulls Ted's hands away and says, "Watch out, Daddy- sharp!"

Katy was playing with her dolls and her kitchen in the play room- she was making "lunch" for her baby dolls. When she placed a plastic plate of pretend food in front of her favorite doll, I hear Katy caution the dolly, "Very, very hot!"

While precariously juggling a cup of coffee, Katy and miscellaneous items that needed to go from one floor of the house to another, Katy admonished me, "Keep it (the coffee mug) level. No spill it!"

And my personal favorite warning from Katy... While cuddling in bed, reading a story before bedtime, Katy wraps her arms around my neck and says, "Keep you safe, Mommy. Don't fall off (the bed)!"