the ADVENTURES of Ruby D

creating a family life of exploration

This is Ruby D. She LOVES the outside.

It is a word she understands and can say at age 15 months, and is somewhere she often prefers to be.

These are her adventures.

A Whole Year MORE...

Ruby! Beautiful, smart, curious THREE YEAR old Ruby! My how time has flown... doesn't every parent say that? They should, because it...

Well little Ruby-Sally-Dracula-Dorothy... since those are all of your favorite things at the moment, and at any given time, you insist on...

...Be the sunshine! Or escape to the Florida Keys to find it... almost guaranteed sunshine! Ruby darling, I apologize for the tardiness...

Dear Ruby, I should be writing about our latest adventure to the Florida Keys with Nanee and Hop. And I will, at some point soon. But...

Whoa. Two blog posts in a week? What is going on here?? Truth? A few things... 1) Its been a slow work week for me, as students get back...

This holiday season was our last one here in NOVA. We did a LOT... and are stuffed to the brim with happy, bright, shiny memories of the...

Well, let me begin by saying that I'm Thankful for to-do lists, and post-it notes reminding me every day that I'm weeks and weeks behind...

We're knee deep in crisp weather, leaves, pumpkins, hot cocoa, and all other things autumn related. And we're loving it. For a quick...

Fall may have started back in September, but this week is the official start to sweater weather. It was so hot, so humid, so muggy that...

Dear Ruby, I can't BELIEVE that on Tuesday, you'll be 2.5 years old. THIRTY MONTHS of you in our lives, 30 months of us loving you and...