The dog bone

Izzy has started to do this really funny thing. We are not encouraging it, but we are laughing inside every time she does it.
Our dog, Princess (some of you may remember my cute little doggie from high school), has 4 of these Nyla bones that are made our of hard nylon so that dogs don't eat them since chewable bones are empty calories for them. And in the long haul aren't good for them.
So of course Izzy has gotten a hold of these in the last month or two and have found them to be so interesting. She started by picking them up and inspecting them, and then started to watch Princess chew on them. So then when she would pick them up, they of course would go toward the mouth (since EVERYTHING goes in her mouth). We would tell her no and have been telling her no over and over again. This past week or two, I have noticed that when she grabs one, she holds it up to me as if to say, "can I Mom?". We tell her no, that it's the dogs and to give it back to the doggie. She holds it in her hand and starts to wave it around in the air. Then when she thinks you're not looking, she puts her head down just a little and slyly glances back at you while slowly drawing the bone toward her mouth. As if she's thinking, "if I do this slow enough, she won't notice". Of course we notice and yell NO! She jumps and throws the bone.
She totally knows she's not suppose to eat it and that it is the dogs, but is also aware that she is allowed to hold it. She's testing the waters to see what all she can get away with.
Can we agree the we're going to have our hands full with this one come the terrible 2's? Oh boy! It's all funny to us though. We just never show her that!

On and even cuter note, She has also started giving Princess kisses and loves. She leans in as close as she can (usually Princess is on the couch and Izzy is standing on the floor) and with an open mouth gives her a kiss whether she can reach her or not. Then she turns her head to the side and lays it down next to her (or Son, the cat) as if she's giving them a hug. AW! She's so cute! Such a love bug.