Counting

Ruby and Isabel

How does she know twelve? That's the part that keeps me up nights.

Toddlers Be Crazy: A Glimpse Into Bedtime

Pillows! Pillows! Here are the pillows! No! Don't touch the pillows! They stay here! They shouldn't be here! Where should they be? Not here! Dada's pillow. Mama's pillow. Baby's pillow. Did you just touch that pillow?! What did I say about that? ARE YOU DEAF, WOMAN?

Now I'll stack the pillows! The pillows are in a pile! Did you look at these pillows? No! No!

YOU WILL LAY YOUR HEAD ON THE BARE MATTRESS AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.

Now let's snuggle.

Num num!

She pretends now. I think it started about a month ago. A favorite is to put a little baby doll in my shoe and say, "Sit. Mama's shoe. Sit. Okay!"

Also, she likes to feed the animals.

Halloween the Second

Ruby was a cowgirl, but we wanted her to be a robot. We made her a robot costume with lights on the front that changed color. Lights!

But she was terrified of it. So cowgirl it was.

She even had a horse. She refused to wear the hat or carry the horse. Both of which are kind of necessary to the whole cowgirl success of the costume.

Slowly I lower the hat.

Slowly she crumples to the ground.

A fun night was had by all.