Hamming It Up

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I think Alyssa’s shyness is something she was born with. She can’t help it even though she wants to.

Olivia’s? I think she learned her shyness. She learned it from her sister.

Olivia wasn’t a shy infant (after she stopped crying at around six months old, she loved people) nor was she all that shy between the ages of a year to almost three years.

No, it was when she became aware of Alyssa and started imitating A’s behaviors (all of them, egads!) that she learned to be shy.

But already, at not quite six, she’s coming out of it.

Evidence? This picture:

This picture was NOT taken by me. It was taken by Julie, who just called Olivia over to her so she could get a picture of O’s tiger face paint, a design requested by her (Olivia) but done by me.

Julie did not ask Olivia to pose. When Olivia saw the camera, she came up with the tiger pose all by herself. Shy? I’m thinking not so much.