Little bunny

We had such a great Halloween. Ruby read a bunch of Halloween books that we censored for all the scary stuff. My favorite censor was a book that had a character who was going to t.p. someone’s house. Every time we read it, we said he was bringing the woman some toilet paper from the [...]

CSA report and food

We’re all on the mend now. Ruby’s tooth is half-way through the gum. Her teeth are ridiculously slow. John and I are back to normal. We had a restful weekend. John planned to go mountain biking on father’s day, but decided to just take it easy at home instead since he wasn’t feeling 100% yet. [...]

birthdays

We had a wonderful birthday weekend for Ruby.  She absolutely loved her time on the coast and is constantly asking to go back.  Here’s a video of her on the coast.  We hear this often as she falls asleep:
“Airport, nooo, new (we went to Newport), old?, nooooo, new, ocean, yeah, run run run run run.”
I [...]

happy mother’s day

I have learned much as an adult that I use with Ruby.  I take deep breaths when my patience is tried and call up past yoga practices.  I give her positive choices when she is persistently wanting to do something that I don’t.  These do help me through our days together.
I am amazed at the [...]

portland weekend

John’s birthday was Sunday and we got to spend most of the weekend in Portland.  He had a conference for work there and Ruby and I went up with him and spent the night.  It was perfect timing.  We got to go out to eat at great restaurants on his birthday – quite a treat [...]

happy heart day

We had a wonderful Valentine’s Day here.  I made a few simple gifts for the family, mostly so that I could enjoy some crafting time.  For Ruby, I embroidered this shirt.  I got the pattern from the Stitch-It Kit which I like a bunch.  I hope Smartypants doesn’t see this though…she is a master embroiderer.  [...]

simple kids craft

Ruby and I made this little heart a few days ago from her artwork.  She finger-painted on a paper and colored with markers on another.  I cut out hearts from both of them and we glued them together with the ribbon so we could hang it on her door handle.
Also, I changed my banner to [...]

handmade

Ruby was very, very spoiled this Christmas by so many people.  John and I anticipated this, so we decided to each make her one special gift.  John’s gift is amazing.  He made her a play kitchen.  We knew we wanted her to have one, as she loves to help us cook.  I had been searching [...]

catch-up

Oh, yes, things are a little nuts around here.  Of course, we had election night excitement (SO excited!)  Never have I been so proud of my vote.  Ruby is saying “Bama” randomly, which is so cute.  My dad didn’t get re-elected, which was quite a surprise to a lot of us.  I know he’ll miss [...]

The birthday…

On the day of my birthday at Edgefield, we went down to the pool at Ruby’s spa for a swim.

When we were there, John told the receptionist that I had an appointment in the afternoon. (He told me that earlier, but didn’t tell me what he scheduled).  When I visited the spa – which is [...]