...Cause a Ruby Saunders Party Don't Stop.

This is a picture of Ruby from our most recent trip to Babies 'R Us. Aside from the fact that she is riding in a shopping cart, please note that she has both hands on toys despite being asleep.

all sorts of adventures

So, first, our culinary adventures. this weekend we decided to take the plunge with Ruby, and become her personal chefs. Since she's ready for the new adventures of veggies and fruit, we decided to make her baby food ourselves. It should be a fun adventure. I spent most of the afternoon making Ruby sweet potatoes for the first half of the week, and apples for the second half. We tried out the sweet potatoes for dinner tonite. She gobbled them up :)


We also had aquatic adventures this weekend. We tried out the pool with Ruby for the first time, and we invited some friends along to play with us. the Armstrongs came over and really livened up the pool party. We were thrilled that Ruby loved the water so much, since we'll have lots of access to water next month at the beach with Ben's family :) we took some video we'll post soon.

and, ofcourse, it wouldn't be the weekend around here without a little photo shoot action!
hope you had a great weekend too!

our growing gal

Here are some new photos of our growing little gal. She is changing SO much! She actually scooted herself backwards on the changing table today. Pretty soon she'll be moon-walking. (ben demonstrated how it works for her today).

What happens when Auntie Mae babysits...

Aunt Mae babysat for Ruby last night, so that we could go on a legitimate date. Out to an awesome dinner, and some fireworks by the river, and a walk. The weather was GREAT, and it was beautiful outside.
We returned home to a little surprise Mae had cooked up for us. You can see for yourself here. Though, it wasn't that surprising, considering what happened before we left for the evening...




she was posing for an impromptu photo shoot with a belt she found in my room.

Ruby loves her cereal!

Ruby loves her cereal! from Grace Saunders on Vimeo.

our little cereal eater!

Dinner time just got interesting

In the last week or so Ruby has started not just eating rice cereal for dinner, but demanding it. Here's the proof:







Video forthcoming...

a guest blog. By Mae Klingler. Photography by Grace E. Saunders

The four of us (Ben, Grace, Ruby and Mae) went to Pergola, the new place on the square in Fort Thomas. We wanted to like it. We really did. That's why we gave it a second chance after the Father's Day debacle (when we went and waited to be seated only to be told they were closed. At 1:30. And they were supposed to be until 2:00. It's cool. Panera always satisfies. Especially Ben.)

We felt pretty forgiving and optimistic when we decided to try it again after the screening of our entry for the 48 Hour Film Festival. We sat down and, strike one, the waiter didn't laugh when Mae tried to tell a joke. Dude. Lesson one in servery: laugh at the blond chick...even when the joke isn't funny.

Then...flat Coke. No biggie. But the best part of the evening (at least my favorite part) was when they brought the dinners. Personal size pizzas were on the menu so Grace and I split one and Ben got one for his dinner. When the waiter brought them out, some of the toppings were mixed up. No problem. We're pretty forgiving people. But when he came back and told us that The Kitchen said there was no mix-up: "They said the roasted garlic is underneath the cheese. And they've chopped it up REALLY small."

Okay.

Sure.

So small we can't see it.

Or taste it.

Right.

All of this can be overlooked. But when we got the bill and were charged for the flat Cokes that were returned after one sip AND the invisible toppings, Pergola was dead to us.

So our diagnosis: Sure, try it. We dare you. But only for the pizza (carry-out, for your sake). And make sure they don't use any of those "invisible" toppings.


comments: (1)

-Yeah, Tell 'em you're only paying for the toppings you can SEE.