This summer she’s trying a lot of new spots, it seems.

I’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time - Scarlett finally plays on her own, allowing me to photograph her. It’s much harder to capture the awesome moments if you’re also playing along with your little one. I have lots of spontaneous photos of her extended cousins (and even my adopted brothers) at a young age, but a lot less of her because of that. Here’s a batch from April:

I know there’s a fine line between a parent being impressed by their child and a parent bragging. Nonetheless, I thought this drawing Scarlett did was pretty good for a 3 year old.

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:

Scarlett asked to talk in my field recorder, but she called it a lightsaber. “Daddy, can I talk in your lightsaber?”

Here’s what came of that:

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:

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.

For more or less the first time since mid-June, last night Scarlett slept the entire night without needing her blanket fixed, her hair-tie fixed, or a cup of water. It was nice to get some rest.