Danielle bought Scarlett her first baseball glove and I was curious to see how her first attempt at catch would go. Here is a video of that first try:

And some stills:

I asked my wife if she could show me how to cut a mango. This is what Scarlett said:

You use scissors! And you cut! Open. Close. Open. Close. Put your fingers in the holes. Open. Close.

And then I tried to recreate the situation while recording it. Here’s what she said with my prompting:

This post is meant to be a followup to last year’s post, Visiting Walt Disney World with a 2 Year Old. I’ll be referring to, and updating, that post with the elements that were different this time around. For one, I said she wouldn’t remember the first trip. While that’s certainly true in the long run, three year old Scarlett definitely remembered the previous trip. She asked for rides she’d been on last time and she remembered going on the monorail.

As a parent you are constantly wondering if you’re doing the right thing - are you being too nice or too mean? Is this a time to give in or stand your ground? But recently I heard a great story of something Scarlett did while I was at work. When Danielle’s birthday came around, Scarlett took her toys and wrapped them up in her blanket. She gave it to Danielle and said, “It’s your present! Open it! Open it!” That just made me beam.

Listening to Jim Gaffigan talking about raising 5 kids in a NYC apartment and suddenly found myself thinking - I could have 5 kids! I have a whole house!

When I think of the world and my daughter’s place in it, nothing upsets me more than the fact that misogyny is still the norm and not the exception; especially in the tech sector and on the web.

Scarlett: I’m not an onion!

Danielle: But sometimes you make me cry.

(Laughter)

Scarlett: why are you guys laughing?

Two nights ago Scarlett had her first nightmare (that she could articulate to us). She was screaming for us to come and then hyperventilating as she told us what was scaring her. I won’t share the exact details, but I’m pretty sure it had to do with the fact that she saw Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast that day.

I’m trying to see if Scarlett knows her five senses.

Me: what do you use to hear? To listen?

Scarlett: headphones!

Me: OK, what do you use to see?

Scarlett: telescope!

At that point I am thrown off by both the inventiveness and incorrectness of her answers and give up for the time being.

Scarlett slept all night last night. But for the past week it’s been something like every other day that she sleeps through the entire night. But I can’t figure out the variables. I try to copy them from night to night. Oh well.