Exploding Independence

When we moved into our house I tried to not put too many things out and set her up her own cupboard (I envisioned a sneaky kid). Well, it finally came in handy for her. Paul and I were in the kitchen and neither of us realized that she had walked out of the room (yes, I know bad parents). All of a sudden she came back in and was standing in the hallway drinking water. Neither of us had given her a cup and I quickly realized that she had grabbed a cup out of her cupboard, walked into the master bath, turned on the water, filled up her cup, turned the water off, and walked back to share with us that she had filled up her own water. She was so happy that she had done this all on her own. She even showed Daddy how she did it. Paul and I quickly decided that the master bath is now off limits like the office and is locked to children under the age of 2. (I told her teacher this and she said ohh yeah. That's what they do in the toddler room if they are thirsty. They go grab a cup, fill it up from the sink).