Posted in Ruthie, Seen, Heard, Said on Feb 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
Ruthie: Look, Mom, I HAVE GUM?
Me: Uh, where did you get that?
Ruthie (shrugs shoulders): I don’t know.
Me: No really, where did you get that.
Ruthie: I don’t know!
Me: Ruthie, you need to tell me the truth.
Ruthie: Off the floor.
Me: OFF THE FLOOR? YOU PICKED USED GUM OFF THE FLOOR AND PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH??
Ruthie: No. […]
Posted in Ruthie, Thomas, Video on Feb 5th, 2008 4 Comments »
Posted in Ruthie, Things on Jan 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Sunday on the way home from church I asked Ruthie what she learned in Sunday school. Questions like this about church or preschool are already getting answered with an adolescent “nothin” or “I don’t know,” so it typically takes a little prodding to get some answers out of her.
Finally I asked her about the […]
Posted in Ruthie, Seen, Heard, Said on Jan 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
“I wish Jesus would come and put the bathtub in the basement so we could watch t.v.”
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Thomas on Jan 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today the kids and I went on our weekly Walk About Town to run errands and to generally be part of the community. I use “weekly” in a loose way, since the last time we did our Walkabout was before Thanksgiving, which was before the Pukefest, which was before the vacation, which was before […]
Posted in Ruthie, Travel on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
My FIL lives up in the hills, and the back of his property borders a wild area. Occasionally at night you can hear coyotes just across his fence and the dogs go crazy. The other night when Bryan and I and the kids were alone in the house, all three dogs went nuts […]
Posted in Ruthie, Picture Book on Dec 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
Posted in Ruthie, Family, Picture Book on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Ruthie, Travel on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Despite the fact that we didn’t go to bed last night until after eleven, Ruthie was still standing at the end of our bed at 6:45 this morning, demanding that we be awake now.
“I’m sure grandpa’s awake,” said Bryan into his pillow.
So I jumped up, threw some clothes and a box of cereal at her, […]
Posted in Ruthie, Video on Dec 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
Posted in Ruthie, Video on Dec 5th, 2007 4 Comments »
We were snuggling in a chair after a hard few days and Ruthie gave me a kiss. Then she came at me with her mouth open and said, “Let’s kiss like this, and get married!”
I laughed and said, “Will you show my camera your kisses?”
I expected her to turn away in a huff, […]
Posted in Ruthie, Thomas, Picture Book on Nov 6th, 2007 4 Comments »
Halloween 2007
When I asked Ruthie what she wanted to be for Halloween she said, and I know this will shock you, a princess. Then Thomas, who always wants whatever Ruthie gets, also said he wanted to be a princess. Obviously Bryan would not have a son wandering around the neighborhood dressed in drag, […]
Posted in Ruthie on Oct 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Tonight we were at friends’ house for our weekly dinner together. Ruthie came up from downstairs where all the kids were playing, and asked if they could play with the Dominoes.
Not tonight, my friend responded.
Okay! Says Ruthie. I’ll put them away then!
Posted in Ruthie, Bryan on Oct 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Every morning when Ruthie wakes up, I remind her to throw her pull-up into the trash and put on her underwear. I didn’t think this task needed to be clarified any further - it seemed straightforward enough for a rational person like myself. But apparently it did, because today I found about two […]
Posted in Ruthie, Seen, Heard, Said on Oct 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Jen: We’re listening to U2, Ruthie. Do you like this music?
Ruthie, after blinking at me for a moment: You mean, it’s me and Thomas?