Cute

Of course I am biased.  Bun Bun is really cute... those big brown eyes, little button nose, rose petal lips, and oh! that little dimple.  These are the typical features of a cartoon character.  She has gotten by quite a lot in her short little life on being cute.  Lately, I've been putting her hair up in pig tails.  CUTE!

Is she ever not cute?  Oh yeah!  When she throws temper tantrums or when she just flat out refuses to do what she's told, she can get quite ugly.  She's still little and can get away with being ugly.  After all, she's more or less still a baby and will act like one.  Most people expect that and will tolerate it.  And, like I said, she can and has get away with a lot just by being a typical toddler and looking cute.

Now that she's four, growing taller and not so much a baby anymore, it hit me the other day that there will come a day when being cute won't do her much good.  There will be a day when she's not so cute anymore.  It won't be cute when she's 10 or 12 and throws a temper tantrum.  It won't be cute when she's 15 and refuses to be consoled because she didn't get what she wanted.

Better start putting my foot down and train her right.

Eating a whole meal all by herself.  She loves rice.