Serious 2 Year Old Attitude

The 2 year old attitude came to our house a few months early. I'm hoping that means it leaves a few months early. I can find solace in the fact that a.) it hasn't been extreme (yet), and b.) I am well aware that the two year old attitude is a "phase"... a child coming to terms with and claiming their independence. The days of Wrestling-My-Squealing-Daughter-To-Get-Her-Strapped-Into-A-Car-Seat-In-A-Public-Parking-Lot-Almost-Every-Time-We-Go-Somewhere are numbered. This too shall pass. For every time there is a season, etc., etc. etc.
The only fear lurking in the back of my mind stems from the fact that, at this point, I'm still learning every day through trial and error what makes her tick... and she likes to mix things up. I don't know who she is, or who she's becoming. What if this isn't really a phase? What if it's her personality? Hold onto your hats, folks. This could be a bumpy ride!
Adjusting to a new person in your home is something really interesting.

When he first came to this house he'd just sit around all day

And he would never get a job he'd just run around naked and play

And he was always stinky and he would very often cry

He was always making messes and to clean them up he never would try

And now that he is two years old he thinks he's some kind of king

He goes where he wants he does what he wants and gets into everything

He's acting rambunctious, rambunctious and kind of rude

He's got a serious, serious, serious, serious 2 year old attitude

He's got a serious, serious, serious, serious 2 year old attitude

You better give that boy, you better give him some latitude

'Cause he can kick and scream and fight

and he just learned how to bite

He's got a serious, serious, serious, serious 2 year old attitude

Well he's always stealing stuff when you take him to the store

He's either breaking it, trying to eat it, or throwing it on the floor

And he won't eat his vegetables he won't eat his applesauce

'Cause he's a bad to the bone know it all a rebel without a cause

And now that he is two years old he thinks he's some kind of king

He goes where he wants he does what he wants and gets into everything

Cause he'll wait until you get into a church or a store or another public place

And the he'll pout and he'll shout and he'll rant and he'll rave

And he'll cry and he'll scream until he's red in the face

-Ryan Shupe