So Ruby came home from school the other day and said something horrifying. She said “Van told me that Santa Claus isn’t real.” Seriously!? She’s in pre-school! I didn’t think I’d have to deal with this until at least kindergarten! Well, I just leaned back and said “Now why do you think he said something […]
Category Archives: Ruby
The Advent Calendar
One of the cherished Christmas traditions in our house every year is the advent calendar. The advent calendar is shaped like a big house and it has 24 doors in it, each of which can hold a fun little present inside, and so the idea is that, starting on December 1st, you open one door […]
Does Ruby Need a Tumblr Account?
I’m thinking of starting a Tumblr page for Ruby’s quotes of the day. Any thoughts on this from my rabid fan base? I like my long-form blogging on this site, but I feel that quotes are really too short to be posting as blogs here. On the other hand, many of them are too long […]
False Hope vs. Harsh Reality
Today, while Ruby was at school, Edward ripped her special plastic fire helmet in half. The one she got when she got to go on the fire truck at school. So I quickly put it in the kitchen trash, buried it deep, and prayed that she would not notice that it was missing. So what […]
That’s Not Whistling
It is very loud at my house. I have loud children, and of course I am pretty loud myself. We all come by it honestly (have you met my mother?), but some days it sure does seem extra loud around here. Take the other day, for example, when my children decided to practice whistling. I […]
Cookies S01E03 – Snickerdoodles
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! We did, and to prepare for it, we made pies, and a special batch of Thanksgiving snickerdoodles. Enjoy the show, and come back next time for more Cookies!
Class Warfare
The kids and I were eating lunch at Moe’s on Monday, because kids eats free on Mondays at our Moe’s. That seems like a terrible sentence, but I kind of like it. Anyway, we were at our booth, when a woman and two young boys came over to our table. “Excuse me, hi,” the woman […]
Our First Parent-Teacher Conference
Yesterday, Simone and I went in to meet with Ruby’s teacher for our very first parent-teacher conference. This was kind of a big deal. For Ruby it meant that she got to stay home and be sad that she was not at school (I predict this will change over the next decade or two), but […]
A Picture of My Penis
Last night, while I was out making pizza, I got a text message from my wife that included the latest family portrait drawn by my daughter. Ruby, like all children (and adults, even if they won’t admit it), loves to draw, and one of her favorite subjects is her family. Now, we’ve seen pictures of […]
Pre-School Halloween Parade
Today was the pre-school Halloween Parade. Tomorrow is also the pre-school Halloween Parade, but that’s not the point. Tomorrow is for kids who don’t come on Mondays, so they can participate too. Today was for us. We finally (and by we I mean my wife and mother) finished Ruby’s costume yesterday, so she was all […]