I couldn’t help but post this pic of my daughter from this morning.  Lately she has been asserting her independence and insisting on doing everything herself, like eating her oatmeal with a big girl spoon.  However, her unruly bedhead is somehow always a hurdle between the spoon and her mouth, so we need to put it up out of her face.  This morning I had my hands full with our other daughter and asked my hubby if he would take care of putting her hair in a ponytail to get it out of her face.  What I found when I entered the dining room:

My daughter has learned by now that it’s not unusual to see me scramble for my camera when moments such as these arise.  In fact, she thought I was there to take pictures of her new-found spoon skills:

I’m sure one day she’ll be so thankful I shared these pictures with the internet world…