How much is my little girl like me?

When I look at Mariana I see a lot of her father. I see Phil's ear's, his smile, and his facial expressions (most of the time). I do see a bit of my own features staring back at me, particularly my big brown eyes. Which I must say look much cuter on her in my honest opinion. The one thing however I might wish she would get from her father, that she inherited from me instead, is her temper and attitude. So in light of that, here's my little anecdote.

Today, my little girl decided that she wanted to get into the kitchen cabinets below the sink... This is where we keep the cleaning supplies and such. I said "Mariana, Get out of there." Now, they get closed and she opens them back up. I repeat myself. They get closed, and she opens them back up a third time. So, I repeat myself and add, "If you open them again you're gonna get a spanking." And she opened them again. So, I close the cabinets walk her away from them and tap her gently on her butt. (I don't beat her or anything, just a light tap.) My daughter got quite mad, went over to the refridgerator, grabbed one of her Leapfrog letter magnets, and throws it across the kitchen floor. I pick up the magnet, put it back and tell her that "we don't throw things because we're mad." So she grabs the magnet again and throws it again. I once a gain tap her on the butt and move all of the magnets out of her reach and say, "There, now you don't get to play with them. Do you have anything else you want to throw, because I'll take that away too?" My nearly 18 month old daughter looks me straight in the eye, nods at me, and walks over to the nearest dog toy, picks it up, and throws it!

Now, what am I supposed to do with that? She deliberately said yes to me and went to find something to throw. Unfortunately, it caught me so off guard that I laughed at her. Definitely not the right response I know. But honestly, the little brat takes right after me. You'd think I might be annoyed after such a display of temper, but I just realized even more that I love that kid. So, yeah, I may have wished she'd get her attitude from Phil, but I wouldn't change her for all the world now.

Meanwhile, immediately after, she took a nap and woke up in a much better mood with brand new child proof locks on all of the cabinets.