Ivan decides not to be shy

"I am not going to be shy, mama," Ivan said in the car as we were parking in front of Bella's house to go and play. "I'm going to go in and say 'surprise'." He jumped out of the car and ran to the door to knock. When Daria opened the door, he burst in yelling 'surprise.' He was very chatty with Daria, telling her all about his baby brother. "His name is Allen," he said. Ivan really surprised me that he had such self-awareness that he was shy. It also surprised me because he's usual warm-up behavior is to hide behind my legs and grumble "umh" if someone tried to engage and talked to him Meanwhile, Bella was stunned and not so chatty, because she expected Leila to be at the door, not Ivan.