Scarlett's Candid Easter Pics

Scarlett's Pseudo Haircut

 Today both Christian and I had hair appointments at the salon.   Scarlett expressed an interest in having her hair cut, and our hairdresser happily played along.

We were so shocked at the difference between Scarlett and Christian at this age.  When he was two, Christian was screaming bloody murder when getting his haircut, but Scarlett sat there ever-so-calmly, and even looked back to see her reflection in the mirror.

We had just been telling our hairdresser about how Scarlett does not let us put her hair in ponytails, and so that is exactly what she did - a ponytail.  And Scarlett let her.  What fun!

Scarlett's Second Time Out

Ah, Miss Scarlett.  She intentionally hit Christian in the head was hurting hard enough to make him cry. She shows no remorse, and giggled when I tried to tell her it was wrong. So she paid a visit to timeout. Actually did pretty well, and stayed seated for most of it.

But when I wouldn't let her up until time was ready, she got mad. :)

Scarlett's Official Easter Portraits

Here is the beautiful Miss Scarlett at 27 months!   I am so delighted with these pictures because she is actually SMILING!   Scarlett is not a girl who smiles on cue, so these pictures are great!

 

They are grainy here, but if you click on an image, you can see the full sized version in perfect clarity.

 

More pics of Scarlett to come.  She is also having her official two year old pictures taken (a bit late, as per usual).

 

A Sick - and Smart - Little Scarlett

Our poor Scarlett was sick overnight.  She had been lethargic in the evening,  which I attributed to an earlier-than-usual nap.  But later in the evening, she threw up twice and she had a bit of a fever.

Scarlett is doing a bit better this morning, as she has not thrown up. And her temperature is just under 100. Right now she is laying on the couch watching the Prince of Egypt.

And that brings me to the "smart" part of this post.

Late last night, she was Sleepless and I brought her to the living room for a few minutes. Jonathan and I had been watching the series "The Bible." I had paused the TV when I went to get her and  when we came out, a small icon from series was up on the screen.

And I asked Scarlett what she wanted to watch, and she said "The Bible."  I was amazed because she had not seen the series icon before.   She READ the words.

Jonathan reminded me that Christian was reading at this same age. However we have been unable to work with Scarlett on her reading the way we did with Christian all those years ago.

What a smart girl we have!

A Little Bible Reading at Dinner

Tonight I was reading Bible stories to Christian and Scarlett at the dinner table. Christian was done with dinner and ran off to do other things. Scarlett wanted to hold the Bible herself. 

She looked through the Bible asking where Moses was. This afternoon we had watched The Prince if Egypt, so Moses was fresh on hers mind. As she was looking at the Bible, she put her hands together to pray and saod a prayer I didn't quite understand. It was absolutely precious!

 

Scarlett's First Timeout

Scarlett just got her first-ever timeout. As is always the case, she is handling it way differently than Christian ever did. He always - and still does - accepted his timeout with compliance and quietness. Scarlett is having an absolute meltdown. So glad Jonathan is handling this first one.

She was hitting our dog, Bella, who was being very tolerant of the situation. But ... you never know when a dog will snap - oh, the stories we see on the news!!! We don't want to be one of them!!  "Family dog mauls toddler, is put down."   That sort of thing ... :(.

Jonathan firmly told her "no" twice and the third time she did it and he said no, she stuck out her tongue, made a zerbert and giggled ... and all of that landed her in her first time out. Hitting the dog, not listening and the defiant gesture was enough for Jonathan. I just stayed in the kitchen cooking, thankful he was taking care of it.

Now that the first time out has happened, I predict she'll be spending lots of time there. She loves to walk over to Christian and pull his hair - hard! She loves the pained reaction he gives, so she laughs and does it more ... ugh. She is sooooo much more of a difficult child than Christian ever was.

Scarlett and the Ladybug

Today Scarlett discovered a blue marker (on her face) and a ladybug.  I think this might have been the first time she's seen a ladybug that wasn't one of Mommy's cookie designs - ha!

She was so curious and not at all scared (Christian, on the other hand, was somehow frightened by the ladybug.  Go figure ... ).

Love for Papa