Our strong-willed and determined child

In the back yard of Grandma and Grandpa's house the yard is covered in coarse and jagged small rocks, as seen in the picture. There is about 20 feet between the bench you see Karsten sitting on and the covered patio where we were eating dinner. Karsten was playing on the bench with her baby before it was time to come sit down and eat dinner. After she finished her dinner she took her shoes off...the only problem was in order to get back she would have to walk on the rocks barefoot to get to her baby on the bench. Daddy told Karsten to come back and put her shoes on as it was going to hurt her feet (as it hurts Daddy's to walk on the rocks barefoot) to get back over to the bench. Karsten took a step on the rocks and immediately backed off , winced a bit and shrugged her shoulders. Daddy told her again to come put shoes on so the rocks wouldn't hurt her feet. She again decided to take another step onto the rocks, winced a little, took another step, and then another and another all the way to the bench. She got up on the bench, looked at us and said "Hoorraaayyy". A bit defiant....maybe. Strong-willed and determined...ABSOLUTELY!