Monday, August 24, 2009

Agatha bites back

Lancaster County in August!

Funny thing today: Mom and I took the kids to a nice children's museum and everyone had a great time. Afterwards both Henry and Agatha were playing in the sandbox in the garden outside, and as usual Aggie was getting in the middle of Henry's play, trying to take the sand out of his dump truck. He's usually very careful and gentle with her nowadays, but in frustration he put his hand on her forehead and pushed her back. The surprise was that Agatha got mad and chomped her (new) teeth on his back. He was so shocked; he jumped up and ran over to us for comfort. We were all pretty surprised! She's always been so accepting or, at most, complaining with a loud yell about her treatment. But I guess every docile infant eventually turns into an expressive toddler, and Agatha is starting to make the transition. While I don't want to encourage biting, I was secretly pleased to see that she's quite prepared to stick up for herself and not let Henry push her around.

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