when there's a will ...

somehow, mommy and daddy find themselves with a willful child.

now, of course, all children are willful at times. but it seems that with every passing day jack grows more and more independent ... and with that independence comes an intransigence when what he *should* be doing does not coincide with what he *wants* to be doing.

where oh where in the genetic lottery could this have come from? no one is really sure. well ... some have theories, but that's not really relevant here, is it?

no matter ... the point is, one is reminded it is present when jack repeatedly throws things through the baby gate and down the stairs ... when jack repeatedly takes trash out of the trash can despite firm scoldings ... and, when jack tries to bite (usually) mommy when she picks him up or moves him. in fact, this morning he nearly hannibal lectered mommy when she lifted him up to go change his dirty diaper.

and when he was promptly put down and scolded, he wailed and banged on the floor. he doesn't like to be scolded. but as daddy wryly observed, "with the kind of kid we have ... he better get used to it."

true dat. double true.