My Big Girl

I witnessed another milestone of Ashton's. It is during these moments that I'm thankful I have the opportunity/privilege to stay home with Ashton and Tanner. I would miss seeing the little things. Of course, I enjoy the first step, word, etc. But the little, almost unnoticeable milestones are the ones I love the most.

The weather has been lovely the last few days so we've enjoyed the afternoons outside. The other day, we went out and two neighbor girls were out playing in the cul-de-sac. Ashton told me she wanted to play with them. We know one of the girls through playing at the park together but it's been months since we've seen her. I coached Ashton on how to ask them if she could play with them. She was pretty nervous walking up to them and needed me to follow her. But then she did it. "Can I play with you girls?" It was so precious and brave of her. She'll ask her friends from church to play with her but she knows them. I was proud of her for asking and then they said yes! The girls are a bit older than her. I think they're 3 and 4 so they rode big bikes and everything. She did great with keeping up with them and was able to communicate pretty easily with them despite differences in vocabulary. She now requests to go play with the girls after her nap every day. I didn't take a picture of her playing with the girls as I thought it'd be awkward in front of the other parents to randomly take pictures. But here's one of her riding her balance bike.