The Knife-Wielding 2 yr-old

Faris, Mr. Naim's two year-old son, is quite a handful.

Sitting on the tile floor in the living room, I was trying to figure out how to work the DVD player. Faris came running out of the bedroom completely naked. (Faris and Ais usually run around naked in the mornings, trying to escape their bath times.) And then I felt splashes against my leg. I turned quickly and jumped up. Faris was peeing... All over the floor.

He really likes hair. He and Ais fight a lot. His defense as the younger, smaller warrior, is to grab a handful of hair and run. Any girl knows from experience how much this hurts. It makes Ais scream so the whole neighborhood can hear. Once when we were all sitting on the couches in the living room, he tried to get to Ais's hair, but the aunts quickly took her under their guard. So then Faris started wandering around... I pulled my hair into a bun on the top of my head. Faris was on the back side of the couch, jumping. He was trying so hard to grasp some strands of my hair.

There is space behind all of the couches to run around. The kids enjoy riding their bikes and scooters in endless circles in the living room. They occasionally crash, or run into each other, and this always brings screams or punches. I was once reading in my room with the door open. Ais started screaming like mad, so I glanced out into the living room. Faris was running after her with a five inch long kitchen knife.

He will open the cap on any drink that you give him and just turn it upside down. All over the floor, the table, and beware if he is near your bed! If he has a juice box with a straw, he may take a few sips and then squeeeeze.

He likes to chuck things too. They have a bunch of marbles in a bowl. Well, they should theoretically be in a bowl. They almost never are. Faris will turn the bowl upside down and watch all the marbles bounce across the entire house. Pencils, phone chargers, food—whatever is lying around—is likely to be picked up by Faris and thrown at someone. And if you try to keep him from doing something he will probably hit you and cry.

Is this how most 2 year olds are? I really didn't know what to expect.