Asleep at the Wheel

Last night Matilda fell asleep in her highchair at dinner. I know I have heard of this plenty of times with other kids but never thought I would see the day Matilda (who has always fought off sleep) succumbed to such exhaustion. She had been busy all day running at the zoo and managed to skip her nap so by 6 p.m. when I almost had dinner on the table she was a mess. M ate all her mushrooms, discarding the green beans off her plate, and a few bites of chili before I found her like this with her fingers still in the bowl. (For the record, the huge band-aid on her chin is not as bad as it looks, just covering up a scrape that I  wanted to keep ointment on for a little while.)