Terrible but Adorable Twos

Believe it or not, the first picture is Justin's ornery face. He hates it when I'm on the computer because he wants to play with the mouse. If I don't let him this is the face I get followed by squealing and shrieking. This age is so much fun. The really funny thing is that no matter how angry he gets or how bad the tantrum is, he is just so cute.

The thing that drives me crazy the most is the fact that he throws things when he gets mad. Most of his tantrums are centered around food for some reason. If he's not in the mood for something, or if the presentation isn't just right he throws it across the kitchen. This is really hard for me because one of my biggest pet peeves is cleaning up sticky food messes. One thing he hasn't really figured out yet, though, is that I'm more stubborn than he is, and I don't negotiate with toddlers.

Here is the result of a temper tantrum he had last week during breakfast. I'm not sure what was wrong with the cereal, but it ended up all over the table. I think he wanted something else, but I didn't give in to him. After his fit was over he ate every bite of his cereal off the table. Isn't he cute? The little stinker.