It is so much fun to watch Evelyn with other children. She is so socially cautious around kids she doesn't know. At storytime yesterday, the kids were playing with balls. Evelyn was standing with a ball in her hands when this little boy came up to her. He had a ball, too, and he kept hitting her ball with it and making some noise. Evelyn just looked at him, very stunned. She was so perplexed by what he was doing.

The thing that I find interesting about Evelyn is that she NEVER cries when I leave her in childcare. Even when she does not know another soul in the room. I drop her off, and she takes off and doesn't look back.

To me, these characteristics seem contradictory.