Caden Made Friends

I just thought I'd update on a little breakthrough Caden had this morning when we went to visit Crea and the daycare kids. Caden brought one of his balls over and the oldest kid there not in school, Ava, was really excited. Whenever we're out at the same time as the daycare kids she always runs to the fence to say hi and wave to us. Anyway, I told Caden to throw the ball to Ava and after a little coaxing he did! The other older child, Dalen, ran over and wanted to play catch too. So they made up a little game where Caden would throw the ball and Ava and Dalen would race to get it first. Then they'd run back and hand it to Caden to throw again. Caden thought this game was pretty funny! Pretty soon they were actually playing a real game of catch together. And then Ava thought it would be more fun to throw the ball away from them and all three would race to get it. Caden joined in the fun without any hesitation and was giggling like crazy. Dalen gave up after awhile to play catch with me, but Caden and Ava ran around the yard together for at least twenty minutes. It was really cute. I'm so proud of Caden for finally stepping out of his shell and learning how to have fun with another child! :)