Trip to the aquarium

When Alex took a day off we also went to a new aquarium that opened up recently. Ruby still LOVES fish so it was neat for both of us to see her face light up with excitement.

Gymnastics with daddy

Alex took the day off of work so we could have a fun day with Ruby.

He came with us to Ruby's last gymnastics class.

He got to swing like a monkey with her...


And put her up on the super high bar...








And see how fast she can run and jump over one of the obstacles.







He got to help her on the balance beam...





and see how well she can crawl like a bear.

Spray park fun

Ruby and I met some friends at our local spray park. Ruby loves it!

She can now shoot the waterguns and enjoys running back and forth to all the different spraying features.

New shoes

Ruby is outgrowing all her summer shoes so we went to get some new ones. She is now wearing a size 7-7.5.

She is at the stage where she enjoys trying to put on her shoes herself. Even though a lot of times they end up on the wrong feet, she is getting better and enjoying that she can do something 'all by self.' (One day I discovered that she had gone into her closet during her naptime, dumped out all her shoes and found the hot pink crocs, put them on the correct feet, and then fell back asleep in her crib with the shoes on. Too cute).

So, shoe trying-on is somewhat fun for her, thank goodness.

We picked out two pairs...some neutral tan tennis shoes (that help her run super fast as I say)and some hot pink sequin shoes (pretty sparkle ones as we say).

Jumphouse

Ruby and I met our playgroup friends at a local indoor bouncehouse. This place had 20 or so different slides and jumping things and Ruby loved it! She is good about going up in the tall slides herself, alongside the big kids.

Blankets and Kitties

Ruby used to be really attached jsut to her special Kitty.

But now she is attached to her TWO bedtime blankets (really intended that she use one so I could easily rotate them out) AND TWO baby kitties, along with big kitty. We have to have ALL of them downstairs when we are down, and ALL of them upstairs when we are up. She has tried to bring them ALL in the car, but I tell her they need to stay home and take a nap. She loves me to make a picnic (the two blankets spread out on the floor) so she can roll all over and cuddle her kitties.

Playdates with friends

Ruby has been spending lots of time with her playgroup buddies. Each morning I tell her what we're going to do and she gets so excited when I see we're going to see friends.

She is at a neat age where they imitate each other in cute ways and get each other all riled up.

She likes to hold hands and is really good at the receiving end of hugs and kisses.







She loves being outside, although the 100+ temps have made this tough!






Recently we hosted a pancake playdate at our house. All the kiddos loved it!