Recent Twitters about Ruby

Nov 14

Ruby

With the witches. You play with them. Dring drong drong. You can play dring drong with those cards, yeah.

Nov 14

Ruby

Witches play with it, not people. It’s allowed for witches because it’s not for ladies. Sorry, you can’t play with it.

Nov 15

Steve

Kate made an awesome hashbrown & bacon pizza for my birthday breakfast in bed!

Nov 16

Steve

I just made awesome pumpkin biscuits stuffed with turkey, pineapple and peas, and I didn’t even use a recipe. Ruby helped with the cutting.

Nov 16

Steve

Thanks to Kate for a great birthday week! Next year, she has my permission to do nothing more than pizza and a sci-fi movie rental.

Nov 18

Kate

Had our flu shots today & Ruby was totally calm. My strategy of treating her like an adult & explaining it all ahead of time paid off.

Nov 18

Steve

This image, of Ruby’s choice and location for her toilet-training-reward-stamp, totally made my day.

Nov 18

Steve

Ruby can now squeeze hard enough when she’s hugging that I need to ask her to ease up a bit.

Nov 20

Steve

Ruby fell at the playground yesterday, and hasn’t really used her left hand since then. So, this morning Kate is taking her for x-rays.

Nov 20

Steve

Looks like Ruby has a broken wrist. 🙁

Nov 20

Kate

Ruby actually has a broken radius (arm). Children’s is the only place around that’ll fix a 2.5 year old so we’re @ the ER.

Nov 20

Kate

Ruby is her usual self and hardly minds the broken bone… it’s not being allowed to eat that she doesn’t like!

Nov 20

Steve

Broken radius, love of spinach… she sure takes after her Papa!

Nov 20

Ruby

I’m Doctor Ruby. I fix guys. I fix women. I actually fix kids what have broken bones.

Nov 20

Kate

The 2nd x-rays showed 2 broken bones, but they didn’t need to be moved or re-set. Ruby’s OK & in a splint.

Nov 21

Ruby

She’s coming home, my friend. Ooong Goonggoong. She’s coming home because she’s all done with her day.

Nov 23

Ruby

It’s sticky-hand-fighting time!

Nov 25

Kate

Ruby got a cast put on today (she’ll wear it for three weeks). Her bones are much more protected now.

Nov 25

Ruby

Godzilla just walks on by.

Nov 26

Ruby

It’s time for moustaches! When moustaches are up on here, I have a moustache.

Nov 27

Ruby

I’m thankful for when I used to be a grown-up.

Nov 28

Ruby

We could do… a tackling stretch!

Nov 29

Kate

Besides supertaster test strips, I’ve never had anything in my mouth as bitter as rapini. Steve, on the other hand, ate the whole plate.

Nov 30

Steve

Ruby did a great job cheering on the half marathoners. She shook her tambourine for 30 mins until her hand got sore, then switched to bells.

Nov 30

Steve

Bought a whole crab at the grocery store to crack with Ruby for lunch. Also teaching her the difference between endo- and exoskeletons.

Dec 3

Ruby

I’m in my M.I.A. house. I don’t get to see you ’cause I’m closing up the room.

Dec 7

Steve

christmas tree day with kate and ruby. 6 ft noble fir from the boyscouts down the block. now we’re star-topper shopping.

Dec 7

Steve

Ruby is beat-boxing in the back seat.

Dec 9

Ruby

My friend I married-she had an old house & she moved into a new house. Oong Goonggoong. She had a teeny tiny baby who came out of her tummy.

Dec 10

Ruby

Zacharie I love you! Play with your toys gently. Play with them and don’t rip them. Hello. I love you! Kee-koo!

Dec 11

Kate

Today (for the 1st time) I watched Ruby delay gratification, waiting > 10 min to eat an advent calendar chocolate, then eating it v. slowly.

Dec 12

Ruby

I’m eating a spider. A ham spider. It has good flavors.

Dec 13

Kate

The deposit is paid so it’s official: Ruby starts a 20-hr/week montessori preschool on Jan 5. Earlier than we thought, but it’s a good time.

Dec 15

Steve

Ruby’s up in Canada for a few days with her grandparents, having some pre-Christmas fun (baking, Santa, etc). I miss my afternoon nap cam.

Dec 17

Steve

Ruby’s cast is off! She was a little skittish when the saw came out, but it took less than a minute to cut her cast off.

Dec 18

Steve

Left work early so that I could take Ruby sledding and it was TOTALLY AWESOME. Bonus points for ride-the-papa style and bouncing off fences.

Dec 19

Ruby

When I was a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, I was real.

Dec 19

Ruby

I’m Mickey the Pilot. My plane breaks. I fix it, yeah. Mickey the Pilot is a big girl.

Dec 21

Steve

Ruby insisted that our snowman have a penis.

Dec 21

Steve

Spent 3 hours in the snow this morning: sledding, shoveling sidewalks, building snowman and snow fort/tunnel. My reward: chili and beer!

Dec 22

Ruby

I’m painting my butt! I’m all painty.

Dec 24

Ruby

I have a video of Johnny Cash in the snow. He likes the snow, yeah. I have a picture of him making a snowman.

Dec 25

Kate

Overheard @ Christmas dinner (my grandmother): “No way I’m putting those things up my nose. Some things I do, and some things I don’t.”

Dec 25

Ruby

Christmas is dying. When is Christmas done dying?

Dec 25

Ruby

I’m full of sugar and crumbs.

Dec 30

Kate

At the Family Pancake House after a day of sledding @ the pass. Best run: triple decker (Steve, then me, & Ruby on top).

Dec 31

Steve

Ruby had a friend over for a sleepover last night. We were awakened this morning by 2 toddlers riffing on “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”.

Jan 1

Steve

Apparently the “surprise” part of the a Kinder Surprise can sometimes be a child throwing up in her bed. And then your bed.

Jan 2

Steve

Put Ruby’s fingerpainted artwork inside a fancy frame and it looks freakin’ awesome. Seriously, it’s perfect for our living room.

Jan 4

Steve

Kate and Ruby report excellent snowman conditions.

Jan 5

Steve

Ruby started her first day of every-day preschool today. It’s a brand-new class in a brand-new school and so far, it’s all girls.

Jan 5

Kate

When asked to name a favorite toy, Ruby said, “my hammer!” That’s my girl!

Jan 6

Ruby

I’m Ruby the Rancher. I’m going to the cornfield. I work with cows too. And I just worked with them in my room.

Jan 6

Steve

I find it very satisfying to walk around the house, turning off lights. And in other news, I’m totally turning into my father.

Jan 8

Ruby

Once I had a musical butt. It was a long time ago.

Jan 9

Ruby

There’s a Ruby store. Where only Rubys can touch. It’s a toy store.

Jan 12

Ruby

Where’s Oong Goonggoong? You might not know her. I love her. She likes peas. We both like peas.