you know what i hear right now? silence.

dahlia went to sleep all by herself tonight in who knows how long! she has been coming into bed with us every night for the past month at least around 3 am also. so we are just trying to get this whole sleeping thing figured out with her. so tonight is a big deal!! she is asleep!! and before ten oclock!

dahlia has a new friend named katie. she lives in her room, which conveniently is IKEA and sometimes she isnt nice to dahlia and dahlia comes to tell me about it. i see her often talking to katie while she is playing and involving her in her activities. oh how adorable is that to have a make believe friend for a three year old! i love it!! so my actual friend katie was going to visit today (dahlia didnt know i had a friend named katie) dahlia was excited. usually she is afraid of new people but took to katie very well. i think it had something to do with the fact she has her own little friend named katie . (= it was sweet though.

her favorite past time is to cook with her new dishes from great grandma davis. valen and her will literally play for two hours together going around the house offering us their baked goods. but if we dont eat it just right then she corrects us. sometimes we need to use a spoon or drink it instead of bite it. she is very particular about her pretending with others.

last night when i put her to bed, she was reading a book while i sat there next to her. she was just jabbering on and on turning pages. then she wanted me to read it. so i started to say a few words and she would stop me and say "no no thats not right" then she would explain how it needs to go and then tell  me to start again. so i would start again.. "no no mommy, thats not right". hmmm i said , well dahlia i cant read it if you keep telling me i am wrong. then she looks at me really seriously and says " mama you can do it!" i busted up laughing!!!! she was so serious about helping me figure out how to read this book. she is such a mommy!! so cute!