What was I like as a Toddler

If the girls ask me if they were similar at this age (12-18 months), I think it will be easiest to describe their moods like a graph such as this:

Delaney is the straight line. She was never over the top happy but never screaming and crying uncontrollably. Adele on the other hand.... If people caught her on the upswing, wow were they smitten. They would comment about how happy she was and how big her smile would get. But when she was mad, down she came.

This mostly started happening with the Independence that came with walking. One of the day care teachers described the difference between the girls well when she said, "Delaney is stubborn but Adele is really determined to do her thing." At first, Adele's obstinateness was expressed with light crying that could be easily soothed. It then escalated into a cry that started silent because she was holding her breath. Her face and lips turned purple as we would remind her to breath. You can see the start of this here:

Next came throwing things. She would pick up whatever was around her and try to be very dramatic. Once she took her hat off her head and tried to throw it down hard but it fell behind her. She picked it up and tried again... it slipped out her hands once more. Very funny. She also added dramatic facial expressions to her repertoire. After being scolded for misbehaving, her head and eyes turned down but then she would slowly look at you as if saying "I am right and don't you tell me what to do." Her forehead scrunched a little, her lips were out in a pout and her cheeks turned pink. From that point, if we were lucky, she calmed herself down. If not, we watched the crazy crying train leave the station.

After crying, screaming, and throwing things she moved to "throwing" her body. I added the quotes because it was more like gently kneeling to a laying position on the floor and then screaming. Just as we did with the other antics, we would usually shake our head and say, "I am sorry but you picked the wrong family to try that with. It doesn't work here, " and we continued on. The picture below took place as we were trying to get ready for dinner. We walked around her to set the table and then we sat down without her. She joined us only a few minutes later.