Ava may not have taken a nap today, but it's almost like my life is a piece of cake. She has been playing with her doll house for the last forty five minutes by herself. I'm bored, so I blog about nothing...she IS playing by herself, so this is actually a HUGE deal. Well, not really. She's always played for periods of time alone, but to hear her talking to herself and having her dolls acting out is just so exciting to watch. It's hard to not get involved, but I know how important it is for children to learn to not always be dependent on Mom and Dad. Her creativity is amazing to me and....now here she comes to show me some stuff she's been working on.

Looks like it's time to go pretend grocery shopping and cooking. Free time over.

Oh yeah, she knows how to open the back door by herself too! YIKES. I'm running off to lock the doors....