keyzia has definitely decided that she is her own person...  a separate identity who has her own likes and dislikes.  momma is not too happy about this, though!  i liked it better when she just did (basically) whatever i told her to!!

dinner last night went something like this...

momma:  here's your dinner!  are you hungry?

keyzia:  i hungry in my tummy, momma.

momma:  okay, let's eat!

(in case you were wondering we were having one of those skillet sensation jobbies last night....  quite yummy, actually...)

keyzia:  i don't want to.

momma:  it's supper time, and this is what we're having.  if you don't eat your supper, then you don't get any grapes.

keyzia:  i don't want to.

momma:  do you want some grapes?

keyzia:  Okay!

momma:  then, you need to eat your supper.

keyzia:  Okay!  oooor...  no.  i don't want to.  i want some grapes.

momma:  you can have grapes when you eat your supper.  no grapes if you don't eat your supper.

keyzia:  Okay!!  ooooorrr....  no.  i don't want supper.

this went on for a good fifteen minutes until i had to feed ephraim.  pushing the bowl away when she said no, then pulling it back when she said okay.  then, when her father got home she managed to con him out of some cheese.  he said that she promised him she would eat her supper if he gave her some cheese.

she sure knows who to work in this house!