She's 2 years old and still in diapers or pull-ups.

She has a softly fierce personality in a wonderful way.

I have 2 small yellow-colored exercise weights that she discovered tucked away in a corner of my cluttered living room. 

Left to her own devices while I was in the kitchen, 

she picked the weights up and started an exercise routine.

Standing firm with her bare feet planted flat and holding the weights in her hands, I came upon her saying in her tiny girl voice,

"1...2...3...4...5..." 

as she lifted her arms slowly up and down.

"Be careful," I scolded, "those are heavy!  Don't drop them on your toes!" 

A bit nervous, I returned briefly to the kitchen,

and when I stepped back into the living room, I heard her little voice say softly to herself,

"I put them back all by myself and didn't drop them."

How cool is that.

A strong little girl pumping iron.