Manners.

It is no secret that I think Mallory is a pretty bright little girl. 

She's no slow leak & catches on to new things quickly. 

You can tell her something one time & she has it down pat. 

With one exception. 

Manners.

She knows what to say - please, thank you, yes ma'am, etc.  The thing is, she won't say them unless I prompt her to say it.  & a two-year old can sound extremely bossy when not using any manners. 

For example-

Mallory:  Get my drink! 

Me:  What do you say?

Mallory:  Peasssse!

Me:  Okay.  Please say 'get my drink, please' 

Mallory:  Get my drink, pease. 

& no matter how many times, we go through that she will not say it without me having to tell her to say it!!  We are about to have a manners boot camp around here because the bossiness is driving me nuts!