Is it wrong to laugh?

I was an aunt for 9 years before having Nina.  Being an aunt means you get to laugh at all the things the parents cannot laugh at. For example - blowing bubbles in your milk, taking more candy when your parents say no and jumping on the bed like a bunch of monkeys until someone falls and gets hurt. Before having Bean it was okay for me to egg on the kids and laugh at them, but now I am the parent.  Bean is really starting to test the waters and a lot of the time I just want to laugh at her.  When we are in public I try to teach her what she can and cannot do, but I find it much harder to do that in private.  When we are sitting at dinner and I constantly tell her to put her feet down at the table she mocks me. She'll pull her knees up then say "down".  All I want to do is laugh, but I cannot b/c then I'm just teaching her it is a game. Or that I think it is hilarious that she uses her bed as a trampoline. I have to remind myself that the things I laugh at could cause her to get in trouble at school!  The one thing I never laughed at was biting and that was the one thing that she did at school. This parenting thing is a lot harder than I thought, but it sure is a lot of fun.  No one ever tells you how much fun it is to teach someone so many things. They are just a sponge and soak up everything.

I guess we have to find the balance b/n fun and parenthood! 

I was going to post a video but nothing wants to work for me today. So, instead here are a few cute pics of the Bean:

I couldn't resist the backpack. Especially when she said "Pease" and signed for please!  I'm such a sucker!

Taking her bear Bobo to school. When I was 5 years old I was in the hospital for a month and my dad got me a bear that I named Bobo.  That bear is now in Bean's room. For some reason Bean thinks all bears are named Bobo.

After looking at these pictures, it makes me not like the nuk even more. Hopefully, we can get rid of "Nu Nu" soon. I'm sure that will be a future post!