Here are family-related tweets from me, Steve, and Ruby from the past two months.
Jan 12 |
Steve |
Ruby’s nap-time ATTN* is decreasing. (*Average time-to-naked) |
Jan 12 |
Steve |
Grateful for a parenting partner who lets me indulge my inner nerd AND introduces me to the phrase “winnerwinnerchickendinner”. |
Jan 13 |
Kate |
Living my parental fantasy: snuggling on the couch w/ Ruby, reading atlas entries (of her choice) aloud together. |
Jan 14 |
Kate |
Today Ruby accidentally shut a drawer on her bib (as she got it out), and shouted “FAIL!” Has she secretly been on teh internets? |
Jan 17 |
Ruby |
I peed in the woods! Am I real now? |
Jan 17 |
Steve |
Fun mile-or-so hike today with Ruby & Kate. A little chilly but a thermos of mulled cider helped with that. Ruby poked every creek w/ stick. |
Jan 20 |
Kate |
Today at naptime, Ruby is having an inauguration pool party with Obama. In her bedroom. |
Jan 20 |
Ruby |
After naptime we could go to Antarctica. I like to go in boats. We could bring our snowsuits there! |
Jan 21 |
Kate |
Loving the old-building smell of Ruby’s preschool (in a big old schoolhouse) as I observe the class for the morning. |
Jan 23 |
Ruby |
I’m not gonna tell you anything about school. |
Jan 24 |
Steve |
Kate’s skiing so Ruby and I are hanging out all day. First swimming pool, now Creation Station. Later groceries and big cooking. Then run. |
Jan 25 |
Steve |
Snap poll: in the Leroux household, 2 out of 3 people prefer noodle beans (chinese long beans) to broccoli. Ruby is the dissenting vote. |
Jan 26 |
Kate |
I’ve joined the Spoon! Today was my first day of work at Urbanspoon. I’ll be working mornings while Ruby’s in school. |
Jan 27 |
Ruby |
Every time I flush the toilet, I say “public!” |
Jan 28 |
Ruby |
My new name is Jumpelynn. I like to jump. |
Jan 28 |
Ruby |
I am also a pusher-buttoner. |
Jan 31 |
Ruby |
If you don’t staple stairs, they fly off into space. |
Feb 01 |
Steve |
Most of the people at this superbowl party are backing the Cardinals, but Ruby is firmly behind the Steelers. |
Feb 02 |
Ruby |
Do you want to hear about my day with Oong Goonggoong? She lives in a dark tree. And we play up there. And there’s a ladder for climbing up and down. We play a game, it’s called Owls Owls Owls. |
Feb 03 |
Ruby |
Oong Goonggoong & me are marrying again. Because our last marrying didn’t work out fine. If you peek right up there, you’ll see an Oong Goonggoong & me picture. Up in the sky. But you might not. |
Feb 03 |
Ruby |
Oong Goonggoong is in the house… *I’m* Oong Goonggoong! AAAYA YAA YAA YAA AAYAA! |
Feb 04 |
Ruby |
RUBY BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB [The preceding was Ruby’s first time typing on a computer.] |
Feb 13 |
Ruby |
I eat a lot of cheese. I like bacon and ate bacon. |
Feb 14 |
Ruby |
I’m impressive when you’re impressive. Are you impressive? |
Feb 14 |
Kate |
Enjoying a Valentine’s gift from Steve – an afternoon to myself to wander around & relax. Currently reading over tea in Greenwood. |
Feb 14 |
Steve |
Enjoying a Valentine’s gift from Kate – a day with Ruby all to myself. |
Feb 14 |
Ruby |
Bacon chocolate butt is BOOMY. |
Feb 16 |
Kate |
Spending a morning at Seattle Center w/ Ruby. First, Children’s Museum, then lunch up the Space Needle. Beautiful day for it! |
Feb 17 |
Steve |
After a few hours of belting it out with Ruby on the way to Canada, the song “I’ve been working on the railroad” is starting to grow on me. |
Feb 19 |
Ruby |
A pirate went to town. He went to a woman place, and the pirate was a woman! And then a buffalo came. Then it scared him away. |
Feb 22 |
Steve |
I don’t know what’s better: all this accordion music, or the fact that Ruby is enjoying it as much as I am. |
Feb 23 |
Kate |
Ruby insisted she wanted to drink the tuna fish juice (extra water). I poured it in a glass and she drank it all, proclaiming it delicious. |
Feb 23 |
Steve |
That’s my girl. |
Feb 24 |
Ruby |
I call myself Poo, because I look like poo! |
Feb 24 |
Steve |
Getting up super-early tomorrow to catch a plane to PV, Mexico for a week of digging holes in the beach with Ruby, Kate, and my parents. |
Feb 25 |
Ruby |
This will take us on a fun adventure! |
Feb 25 |
Kate |
We have spotty wifi in our (awesome) condo! Our trip went well and Ruby was a champ. |
Mar 01 |
Ruby |
I call myself RuCarrot. My skin is like skin. |
Mar 02 |
Steve |
Mexican folkloric dancing show: was having fun explaining all the dances until they got to the human sacrifice part. “..and the girl walking in the white dress is very special, and um, okay, now this part I don’t agree with…” |
Mar 02 |
Kate |
It’s not every day you see virgin sacrifice presented as family entertainment. Eesh. The rest of the folkloric show beat expectations, tho. |
Mar 03 |
Steve |
Happy birthday to Ruby! She’s 3 years old today, 3/3. And ’09 is 3 squared! Partay! |
Mar 03 |
Kate |
Ruby’s giant (2′ diam) soccer ball birthday pinata defeated our whacking attempts so we resorted to poking maneuvers to get at the candy. |
Mar 04 |
Steve |
Returning home from vacation fears, in order: 1. house burned down. 2. house was ransacked. 3. house smells funny. Hurray, we’re 0 for 3! |
Mar 05 |
Steve |
Printing out a star chart for the day & hour Ruby was born. Going to cover her walls and ceiling with glow-in-the dark stars. |
Mar 05 |
Steve |
It took about two hours to cover Ruby’s ceiling in a masking tape grid. The creator didn’t have to deal with circa-1924 roof lines. Now bed. |
Mar 05 |
Steve |
Sprinkling (glow-in-the-dark) stars upon the firmament. Naturally, I’m assigning accurate colors and sizes. This is going to take all night. |
Mar 05 |
Steve |
The stars are done! I did about 100, each placed (more or less) accurately for the moment Ruby was born. Hope she likes it! photo photo |
Mar 11 |
Steve |
Waiting outside security for my mexico ladies to get off the plane. So excited to see them again! |
Mar 12 |
Steve |
Kate and Ruby just brought a tasty batch of popovers in to the office, and Ruby delivered one to each person with max cuteness. |
Mar 15 |
Ruby |
Egret, egret, poke poke poke! |
Mar 20 |
Ruby |
I was married with Oong Goonggoong. She had ham, and I had eggs. And then, I had them in a basket and Oong Goonggoong had them in a basket, and then we were turning around! And then we were dancing. We let our eggs cook first because we wanted to eat them. And Oong Goonggoong said so, and she put her hand in the pot. And then when our food was all done cooking we ate it! We had some food because we were hungry. |
Mar 21 |
Kate |
At breakfast, Steve taught Ruby how to play rock-paper-scissors (w/ a screen to give small hands enough time). She’s addicted! |
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