Scarlett's 9 Photos

Scarlett is nine years old now so we hopped outside on our back porch before some home church last Sunday for a few photos before she gets any bigger.

She is practically the same size as Penelope and growing fast.  I think her short hair makes her seem older and it suits her perfectly.  After last summer she did want to grow it out but that didn't last long.  She was begging me to cut it again.  She really doesn't like combing or even doing her hair and so this is much easier for her.  She also doesn't like it on her back when she is hot so this hair cut is great.  It accentuates her vibrant personality.

Scarlett seems to feel everything a little more deeply then the other kids.  What could seem like a small accidental bump to most she might take as a purposeful and painful shove.  I can't really say what she is feeling and what she is faking but she does seem to think things hurt more then everyone else.  On the flip side she the the happiest when something good happens to her.  

She is also very sensitive and does seem to struggle more then some kids.  School and traditional learning doesn't come easy for her.  She also is just a little slower when it comes to things like racing.  She doesn't enjoy games like tag or running around very much, I really don't know if she doesn't like it because she is slightly slower or if she is a little slower because she doesn't like it.  Honestly she is barely any slower, but just slow enough that it is really hard for her to tag someone when she is it.  I really hope that these things that are challenging for her now will help her to grow up to be stronger and have more character then she would other wise. 

She does have a strong personality and is not the type of person to just go along with whatever her friends or siblings are doing.  She has no problem sitting out because she doesn't want to do what the others are doing.

Scarlett is very caring.  If someone is upset she will try to please them.  She is the first one to help with a crying baby or toddler.  In fact she is amazing with them.  Scarlett told me one time that if she has a toy that Penelope really wants that Penelope will just ask her to have it over and over again and then she will say yes.  It was funny to me how she said it in some sort of resigned tone like she couldn't control it and just tell Penelope no.  The point is she cares about others feelings to the point of sometimes putting them before her own.

Scarlett is very motivated by prizes or food.  I mentioned earlier that she doesn't like schoolwork, well she has worked so hard to learn her multiplication facts because her teachers promised her ice cream.  She hated all the practice, but she kept talking about how she really wanted ice cream so she had to do it.  I'm not sure how she is going to get the ice cream now that everyone is home for the virus but her teachers can figure that one out.  Scarlett has mixed feelings about not being at school.  She misses her friends and her teachers but she also is happy to have more free time and not be rushed all the time.  She does not want to go to public school again next year.

I love Scarlett and am excited to see who she turns into as an adult.