Is is the terrible twos or the terrible threes???

The last few months have been very hard - Arya's motto has been to do the exact opposite of what we ask her to or not to do... :( We had thought this was a phase that would pass, but I cannot wait for it to pass sooner than later. She very clearly comprehends what we do not want her to do and she will do it anyway..

But one of the funny things is how she repeats back what we tell her.. For ex. we tell her to not get frustrated and calm down when she is having a hard time with something - like putting on her socks or her shoes or shirt... One morning a few weeks back, I was having a bad morning and was clearly frustrated... So Arya walks up to me, looks at me with a very innocent eyes and says " Mommy dont get frustrated,.. calm down." At that moment I didnt know if I should laugh or get annoyed... It is just amazing how quickly she absorbs everything we tell her..

Last weekend we went to the mall to pick up a few things and Arya's rule in the store was "Look but do not touch and do not remove anything from the shelf." In one of the stores when she walked in with daddy she says very clearly, "I will look at things, I will touch things, and I will remove things from the shelf" in a very matter of fact tone...

So as much as I am ready to pull my hair out because Arya is not listening - she continues to amaze me by all the things she does...