I have a secret...

So lately - Ava's been trying just about every stall tactic in the book so that she doesn't have to go to bed. She needs to brush her teeth again, she needs a drink, needs to potty, etc. Generally we do give in to her first stall tactic (because sometimes she really does have to go to the potty), but by round 2 I usually lay down the law and force her to bed. So last night I hear a knock knock at her door and I go to get her and she says she has to go potty. We go into the bathroom and she tells me that she really just has a question for me. So I ask her what her question is and she says "I don't know mommy". Ha! So I send her off to bed. About 30 minutes later I hear another knock on her door. I answer again and it's Ava telling me she HAS to tell her Daddy something.  I know its a stall tactic, so I try to get her back to bed and she pleads with me to let her tell her Daddy something. So I go get Phil and she says "Daddy, I have a secret to tell you". She whispers to him "I love you Daddy - you are my best friend in the WHOLE world". Seriously? Melt-my-heart cuteness. So she then asks him to tuck her in and she was down for the night finally. My take aways from last night are two fold 1. Ava's got her Daddy wrapped around her tiny little finger and 2. She's got cuteness down to an art form at age 4 :) That's my girl :)