Independent girl

Hani has now declared herself to be an independent little girl. She wants to do everything by herself. Problem is, she's only 16 months old. She wants to dress herself, feed herself and if she can, she even wants to clean after herself on her own.

Today we went for a relatives wedding reception. She insist on feeding herself. I felt so guilty for the waiters and waitresses for the aftermath. There were more rice on the floor and table rather than the ones going into her cute little tummy. I think... Whenever I tried to feed her, she shook her head so hard and started screaming.. "NANAK!!!!" I know it seems funny to everyone, but when you kept brushing off rice on your dress and hers, I think you would definitely get irritated at some point. There was no baby chair available, and I had to sit her on my lap and eat, hence the hideous mess we created. Hehehe..
Then again the same situation happens at the restaurant at dinner time. The only different, she's sitting in a baby chair. No mess on my part but her uncle got rice stuck to his pants. She'll be the first one to eat and the last one to finish. The first because she'll start screaming for the food as if she has not eaten for days. And the last one to finish because she enjoyed the freedom of feeding herself. Such a big girl she is. Hahaha..
One thing though, she hates the mess she has created. She insists on cleaning up after that. Me being the ignorant guest and customer just brush off the request and left the scene. Hahaha... Hani will point to the mess and says... "O'oh!" And starts looking for tissues or towels. She can even demand that I help her look for one. Hahaha... What a girl!
And yes, she does clean up after her own mess at home. That's why our tissue box can be empty within 2 days time. I should start teaching her to use cloth instead or we'll run out of trees by the time she can say "Clean-up Time!"