Ruby and Ally

Ruby and Ally made friends on our camping trip this weekend. Here they are sharing secrets.

Ruby is Going to Have a....

....SISTER!

La Playa

Yesterday afternoon, after having a short rest (and no nap thank you very much), Ruby was a little cranky as was mummy. I didn't feel like entertaining her, she needed to be entertained. I asked if she'd like to read a book and she requested "the playa book," a book we've been reading of late that's actually titled, ?Cómo iremos a la playa/How Will We Get to the Beach? After we read it, Ruby looked at me and said, "Vamos a la playa?" At that point, there was no question that we were going to get our tushies to the beach! It was a gorgeous afternoon and we grabbed a bucket and shovel and hopped in the car and were at the beach in 15 minutes (yet another reason why I love Seattle!). We met a nice little boy, played in the water and then the Dad came to meet us and we all had dinner together. A great way to end the weekend!

Walking to the beach

Digging in the sand

Getting the feet wet

Fresh Figs!

Our fig tree produced mountains of deliciousness over the weekend. At first, Ruby was reticent to try one but she was soon asking for "More figs?" and loves plucking them off the tree and sticking them right in her mouth. Is there anything more satisfying than seeing your child eat fresh food that she picked herself from your own yard? I think not!

Summer Pics

Oh, I am so remiss in posting but here are a few more pics from July and early August. We had a great visit from Stellie, Ruby's cousin this July. Every morning, Ruby would go in and look for Stellie and keeps asking where she is. Unfortunately, Stellie was rocking crutches because she broke her leg, so we were more slow moving on this trip than normal. However, we still managed to pack in the zoo, trips to Stellie's favorite eateries and lots of trips to the park!

Ruby and Stellie at the park

Grandma Genie also came to town and gave Ruby some lovin'. Here they are reading a story together (Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman):

We were also lucky to have a spur-of-the-moment visit from my friend Luke and his daughter, Annie. I hadn't ever met Annie so it was great to meet her. Ruby and Annie hit it off right away!

We have been having lots of fun with the kiddos in the 'hood. Ruby and Carden regularly ask for each other and love to play together. Here they re-enacting The Carpenters:

This past weekend, Ruby and I took a trip to the zoo with my friend Shannon. Ruby kept asking for Koko so we spent a lot of time at the gorilla exhibit where we watched mama gorilla eat her own throw-up over and over (yeah, nice but the kids were lovin' it!). Ruby kept saying, "Ew! Gross!" but we could barely tear her away from watching that and the baby and the big silverback. She was also very impressed with the penguins and, though a little nervous at first about sitting near these little windows, warmed up to it as she watched the little guys swim right by her face. More summer fun to come!

Beautifying

Ruby was awfully quiet this morning. Turns out she found the lipstick!

A Few Oldies From This Month

Here are a couple of photos from our trip to Boise that I haven't gotten around to posting. This first one is of Ruby's big goose egg from her tumble on Grandma's bed where she clocked her noggin on the head board. It was not a good fall and she still (nearly a month later) has a little dent in her head. We gave her a bubble bath to help her calm down after and you can see the wound in all its glory. And, I just really like this pic of her in her new visor from Grandma Rita: