As Kit grows into a boy, I have noticed that many toddlers when making the transition to kid-dom develop a new found independence.  Simple requests become big battles.  They come up with some creative ways to defy...

There is the "wag your finger in defiance", which is silent, but screams non compliance.  To stay in the genre of silent strategies, there is the walking away from me or the going to time out before I can say time out.

A funny technique is the old but reliable, "I'm not talking to you!"

There is the plethora of "I'll cut your hand off", "I'll pull your hair"... etc.  Where they get that from I do not know!

My personal favorite is the marching away from me while telling me, "I'm moving out!"  Where exactly is my three year old boy moving?

But Ben got the best retort last night.  "Dada, you better do what I want or I will pull your penis off."