Pizza Night

Rubie is off of school right now, so I am trying to find fun things to keep her entertained. Tonight, we made pizza. Red and white checkered table clothes, chef hats, mustaches and all...

I love this man. He goes right along with whatever is happening. I bought him a silly chef hat - he put it right on. I told him to cut out mustaches, he did. He is even wearing one of Rubie's aprons - I wish I had a complete picture to show you how funny it is. It looks like a half shirt on him...

Put on some cheese and pepperoni...

Eat some pepperoni...

Put on some olives...

Eat some olives...

The finished pizza...

Rubie's mustache didn't last long, she said it got "slimy."

Work in Progress

Still trying to figure out how to post larger pictures. Let's see if this works...

He's Crafty

Rubie loves crafts...

So, when I saw this book for $2.99 at the grocery store, I picked it up, gave it to Rubie, and said, "Daddy will be so excited to do this stuff with you!" (heh. poor Ramon)...

Here they are making a "princess necklace."


Please notice the "gown" that Rubie is wearing. She has 80 million dress up dresses, but prefers her favorite blanket tied around her...

Here are the princess and the king dancing in the backyard...





Tonight at dinner I told Rubie that she was my baby girl. She told me that daddy was her baby girl. Lucky Ramon.

Seriously, Gymboree?

Your watermelon line is so ridiculously cute. I know that one day very soon, Rubie will not let me pick out her clothes and dress her up - so for now, how can I refuse?





(The outfit was on sale, but the pictures cost me 2 skittles)

I Love...

I love when Rubie does her own hair...

I love when Rubie adds her own accessories...

I love when Rubie winks at me...

I love when Rubie plays "Starbucks Drive Thru" during bath time. My "iced mocha" only costs "2," but Ramon's costs "14"...

I love how innocent Rubie is - she thinks the baby on her front is "black" and the baby on her back is "pink"...

I love that Rubie wears them both at the same time...

Feeling Better?

I think Rubie might be feeling better. No fever in 24 hours. She actually ate a piece of cheese and some grapes today. This is huge because she hasn't eaten anything in a week. We aren't out of the woods yet, coughing and labored breathing are still with us.


Here she is watching the Little Mermaid. Rubie doesn't watch much TV, so we don't have very many movies. In order to keep her breathing calm, we have been watching a lot of TV. I have seen The Little Mermaid 80 million times in the last week, in addition to Backyardigans, Olivia, Sesame Street, and many others. As you can see, Rubie is afraid of Ursula - and doesn't like to watch when she is on...

Tonight at dinner (when Rubie wasn't eating), I asked her to write some letters. She said, "r - u - b - i - e." I had no idea that she could spell her name, so I asked her to write it, AND.SHE.DID. I was shocked! Here is the very first time she wrote her name with no help. Please ignore the "n" that you see, it was her first attempt at the "u"...

Sickie Poo

My poor sickie poo has been sick for over a week now. Yesterday, her doctor told us she has pneumonia. She is doing pretty well for having pneumonia. She has good times of the day and bad ones. Here is a picture of her when she woke up (in mommy and daddy's bed)...

Here is a new project that I just finished for her room. I cut out pictures of her, then painted them white, backed them onto pretty paper, and framed them...

Here she is on Sunday, when she was feeling a little better...