To Nap or Not to Nap

Lately we have been struggling with Ava over nap time. We recently switched her crib into a day bed. At first she did awesome, would stay in her bed during naps and at bed time. Then slowly she figured out she could get out when ever she wanted. So now during naps she gets out of bed, pulls every toy, and article of clothing she has on to her floor, then knocks on the door to be let out. (Sounds cute, but for those of you who have kids, know that when they don't nap, it gets ugly as the day goes on.) I think she is still too young to stop taking a nap, but what do I know, I've never had to do this before.

So today, the kids and I were going to go to lunch and shopping with my mom on my day off. We went to lunch, and Ava starting throwing tantrums at the restaurant. So I decided to take the kids home and give them their naps before shopping. Got home and put the kids down for their naps. Cash, of course fell right to sleep, but cute little Ava proceeded with her nap time ritual of tearing her room apart, then knocking on her door. After going in there a couple of times with no success, I went and got her and told her that she had to sit on the bean bag while mommy worked on her church lesson. The next thing I knew I heard snoring and found this...