Two Year Old Reasoning

One evening last week I went out with some friends and Dad stayed home with the kids. When I came home he told me about the power struggle he had with our two year old. It seems she found the dog leash and was swinging it around hitting people and furniture with the metal clip on the end. I am as confused as she was as to why her father didn't think this was a good idea. After 15 minutes of discussion and pouting, her father won the battle, she gave back the leash and apologized. Two days later, while her father was at work, she walks into the kitchen where I was standing. She passed by the leash and began this conversation:
her: Can I have the leash?
me: No
her: Pleeease!
me: No, what did your Daddy say about the leash?
her: Daddy's not here.
me: Your Daddy said you couldn't play with it.
her: I won't swing it around, I'll just hold it.

If you know her , then you know those were actually her exact words. Her memory is amazing and so is her ability to reason and communicate.

Earlier in the week we took all of the kids to the mountains for the day.( My kids had already had a week of vacation before the governor so kindly gave us two more days.) We hiked up to a waterfall and decided to have lunch at the tables at the base of the waterfall near the river. We ate, played in the river, and had a very enjoyable, relaxing day. On our way home the 5 year old says " When are we going to have our picnic?"
We say "We did that for lunch."
She says"No we didn't. We ate lunch at a table. A picnic is when you put a blanket on the ground in a big grassy area and eat on the blanket."
We say "You can have a picnic at a table"
The two year old" It's called a picnic table"
So, not only does she have an amazing grasp of the English language, she's also sarcastic. I'm in trouble.

By the way, we stopped on our way home, found a nice grassy area under a big shade tree, spread out a blanket and had a real picnic.