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10 Things: Ruby Edition

1/23/2013

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  • She is very good about saying "please" and "thank you" and will even say, "bless you!" whether you sneezed, coughed, or farted. Actually with farting it's a toss up. You'll either get "excuse me" or "bless you". Heath and I are both on the same page-we WILL raise a polite and respectful child. I think she's already leaps and bounds ahead of some people I meet on the average day. 
  • Her eating is so-so, depending on the day. She absolutely loves Indian food (saag and tikka masala) and Annie's Organic macaroni and cheese but I cannot get the child to eat a quesadilla...I thought all kids liked those. She really like blueberries and if you let her she'd eat the entire pint which leads to blueberry shits. Yum. She's gone from a yogurt phase, where she'd beg for yogurt about every 20 minutes, to a pretzel phase. 
  • She's generally very sweet. My favorite is when she'll come up to me and say, "hold you?" which means she wants me to hold her. That gets me every time.  She gives lots of hugs and kisses and I'll take them, every one, including the snotty and cracker-laced ones. 
  • She can be a little brat too, of course. Sometimes she's very hitty, especially if she is tired. Hitting gets a time out in the corner where she sits and hits the wall for the first 30 seconds while saying/grunting a rebellious, "Ungh!" I think it's basically her toddler way of saying, "SCREW YOU!" About halfway through the time out she'll turn around and say, "I sorry".  It doesn't get her out of timeout though. During timeout you can also here her say, "Be nice!", directed towards Heath or I. 
  • She doesn't watch much television but she likes Curious George and we'll watch an episode every once in a while on Netflix. While I watch it with her I wonder things like  How can the Man in the Yellow Hat can afford to pay for all the damage that George causes?  Why was a monkey let into a hospital let alone how did he get away with impersonating a doctor? You really trust a monkey to go watch your dog while you get your hair done? By the way, did you know that the MITYH's name is Ted Shackleford?
  • She loves shoes and owns way more pairs that she really needs. If we go into a store and she sees the shoes she freaks out and starts yelling, "Shoes!!" very loudly. If you'd let her she'd try on one pair, remove them immediately, and then move on to the next. She'd be like a shoe locust, leaving unboxed shoes and tissue paper in her wake. 
  • This girl cannot sit still. Like never, ever, ever. (We-eee!) At work we had this inflatable ball thing, looked kind of like a human version of a hamster wheel. I was very tempted to buy it for Ruby, stick her inside of it and just let her wear herself out. I don't think she'd cause too much damage in the house. Is there such things as baby treadmills? I try to keep her occupied as best I can but I'll be happy when it's warmer outside and I can take her to the park more often. 
  • Her sleeping habits are awesome 11-12 hours a night, no problem. It's rare that she wakes up in the middle of the night or before 7:30am. For this I am grateful beyond words. 
  • I seriously think that she's using Fuck in it's proper context. This morning she was trying to get her mitten on but she couldn't and I kept hearing her say what sounded like, "Fuck!"  I've heard her say it several other times as well as "Dammit". I don't say anything to her about it though, not yet. I'm sure, no, I KNOW she gets it from me but I could swear that I've actually been really good about cursing around her. 
  • She likes to boss the kitties around. I'll often hear her say, "No Oll-ie!" or "Get-down-Oll-ie!", especially when Oliver has decided to take up residence on her changing table. She's doing better about petting them and she will even try to hug them or pick them up. Oliver is still by far the most tolerant of the cats. He's only scratched her a handful of times which blows my mind. 

9 Comments
Susie
1/23/2013 11:46:56 am

this is adorable. I love the cussing part. Hannah used to cuss, and her first word was "ice." It took me a while to figure out that she was saying "asshole."

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
1/23/2013 12:39:42 pm

Haha, that is hilarious'

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Abby W
1/23/2013 01:07:51 pm

I think the ball thing would be so cool. I got my niece and nephew one a couple years ago. They loved it! I love this post. So entertaining :)

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
1/23/2013 01:11:22 pm

Thanks Abby! The ball does look fun. I've actually always wanted one of them :) Ill have to see if I can get my hands on one!

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Mrs. Gamgee link
1/25/2013 01:06:07 pm

Wow... she's so grown up. I love that she says bless you when someone farts. That's absolutely hilarious. Ginny totally gets mad at me when I say gesundheit rather than bless you when someone sneezes. I'm looking forward to doing Ginny's update in a couple of days. And who knew about MITYH? Not me, and George is one of her faves.

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
1/27/2013 12:26:56 pm

As I was watching CG with her I Googled a bunch of things like, "what is the MITYH's name" and " What does the MitYH do for a living?" It was funny reading people's comments on how he could afford both a city and a country place. There's also a lot of speculation as to whether the MiNyh is dating that scientist chick, lol.

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Joann link
1/28/2013 03:24:41 am

You are too funny - blueberry shits? I laughed aloud on that one. It's great that you are teaching her to be polite. My kids could use more of that. Of course, the swear words might pose a problem. ;) My son started early with them too. We tried ignoring them, then we tried reprimanding him. Nothing worked until I got a swear jar and made him put money in when he swore. He gave it up right away. (He was much older than Ruby by then though.) My husband on the other hand contributed to the jar regularly...

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
1/28/2013 09:50:16 pm

Yes! Blueberry shits are gross! When she first started eating solids she also had sweet potato poos she loved them so much.

Oh man, the swear jar... Might be a good way to save up for a vacation!

:)

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Fencing Contractors Palatine link
9/1/2022 01:57:27 am

Grateful for sharring this

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