So as some of you may know, Ruby’s aspiration, at four years old, is to be a chef when she grows up. Not only a chef, but a celebrity chef with a television show. This show will be called “Cookies,” and I assume it would involve her making cookies. I personally believe that we should […]
Category Archives: Ruby
The One Question You Should Never Ask Your Wife
Look, I’ve been married for almost 8 years. I’ve been around the block. I know things. I’m sure some of you oldsters are scoffing at my paltry eight years of marriage, but come on, if you haven’t mastered it in eight years, you’re not going to get any better at it. The most important thing […]
Ruby vs. Cold Drinks
Ah, summer! The time of year when there is nothing better than a cold, refreshing beverage. Unless you are Ruby. She has always hated cold drinks, which can sometimes make life difficult. Now, I know that it is not officially summer yet, but when it is in the 90’s, I think that counts. Especially in […]
Conversations With a Four Year Old
I don’t quite know how to talk to my daughter. I don’t mean that in an emotionally stunted way, or a disconnected way. I just mean that I am not adept at maneuvering the twists and turns of the four year old mind. Take, for example, this recent conversation that Ruby and I had recently. […]
The Relationship Between Weather and Child Psychology
Ruby is very worried about the weather. It all started with the earthquake and flooding in Japan. That was the first major disaster that she was probably aware of, and she saw images on the news, and facebook, and wherever else she happened to be spying, that were very troubling. She asked me if Vermont […]
Free Cone Day
Yesterday was Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day, which is one of my favorite federal holidays, and so every year, in observance of this solemn day of gratitude, I pile the kids into the car and take a cross-town road trip to eat free ice cream. This year, the closest Ben & Jerry’s to my […]
Building a Blanket Fort
To a kid, nothing is cooler than the experience of turning your living room into a series of living caves and tunnels, constantly shifting and changing, ready for exploration. To an adult, well, I don’t know about the other adults, but it’s still pretty cool to me. Right before Edward’s birthday party started, I noticed […]
Honk Me on the Bed
I mate hornings. I foe it’s my own knault for laying up too state, but when Juby comes rumping into bed, I just want to dole over and rye. When I did not have chew tildren it was easier. I could titch on the swellevision, go upstairs and shake a tower, while Juby would bink […]
Big Blue Ball
One of Ruby’s major birthday presents was a big blue ball. Actually, not big so much as huge. Perhaps gigantic. This ball is so big that you can climb inside of it and roll around. That is the point of it really, and it looked pretty awesome, so we were excited to try it out. […]
Please Stop the Birthdays
Okay, I admit it. I am birthdayed out. Yes, I love birthdays, perhaps more than most, but I seriously can’t take it anymore. How on Earth did everyone I know manage to be born in March? It’s like an evil conspiracy of perpetual cake and screaming. Ruby’s birthday was two weeks ago, so we started […]