Something important from Ava. Also, channeling toddler anger.

She's 2 1/2.  When she's pretending to talk on the phone, or wanting to say something serious... she says variations of the following:

"thirteen, fourteen"
"six minutes"
"two dollars"
"well..." (followed by mostly unintelligible sentences)
She is also known for clearing her throat importantly whilst holding a fist  up to her mouth, as is proper when one is clearing one's throat.

Other things.
When I ask if she needs help with something (after she has struggled for a while to do a button...etc.), she sometimes says "ME help you!"  Which means, "I'm going to do it by MYSELF!"

Today, she prepared herself to climb over the back of grandma's couch, and I explained that we can't do that anymore because it's breaking the couch (I showed her a rip).  She said, "Ok, I be careful."  (She's already logically making cases for why she's still going to do what she's planned to do!  She did good, though, when I said 'no', she listened.)

On the topic of anger and tantrums.  She doesn't have many, really.  But she does holler and scream (not high-pitched, thank God) sometimes.  And she's started flopping on the floor once in a while (I ignore that, for the most part).  But here's the thing...  I want her to express frustration.  I don't like when we stifle our kids and teach them that being angry is BAD.  So, how do I help her (at just 2 years old) start to channel the frustration?  I don't know.  I tell her that I understand she's angry.  (The other day, she growled in frustration and actually said, "I angwy (angry)", and I was so proud of her for being able to say that at 2-years-old!)  And I tell her not to throw things.  Today I said, very firmly, "No, there is no throwing toys when we're mad!"  She got a big ol' pouty lip and held back big ol' tears.  It was like I broke her heart when she was just feeling frustrated and didn't know what else to do!  Poor baby.  I felt bad, but didn't know how to show her the right way to be mad.  I said, "When you're mad, you can throw that teddy bear cuz he's soft and can't break."  But that was probably wrong, too.  It's probably not great to tell her to throw crap when she's mad.

I'm sure there are resources.  I'll look it up.  For today, it was my new question.