A Day With Ruby

Saturday began with Ruby and I heading over to Shady Park to play while Mama and Daddy and Red headed over to the East Side for a checkup with the pediatrician. It was a beautiful sunny morning and there was only one other little boy at the playground. Ruby had a ball running and squealing "eeeeeeeeeeeee" as she and the little boy ran around together. I chatted with the boy's parents as the kids played. What a small world it turns out to be! The husband is from Lake George, NY and Bennington, VT and his father worked at the same state agency where I worked!

After playing for about 45 minutes, Ruby and I headed over to the Food Cellar for a bagel for Ruby and coffee and a muffin for me. After hanging for a while, we headed over to the park along the East River, then back home to meet up with Mama and Daddy and Red.

Parental discretion paragraph:
Now, when Ruby needs to poo (pardon my French) she tends to emit long grunts. With Red being born this week and normal routines disrupted, Ruby was a little past due for both a BM and a nap.

After a delicious lunch of grilled cheese (thanks Joe!) and tomato soup, Joy and Red settled in for tag teaming of nursing and napping, while Joe headed out for a location scout and Ruby and I headed over to the "Train" Park.

When we arrived it the park, I then realized why it's referred to as "Train Park"!  We had the playground to ourselves!  Ruby headed to the giraffe slide, but hesitated at the top. I thought she was enjoying the view.  Then the grunting and grimacing began.  Oh, no!  My first thoughts: head back home!  I realized she would not agree to sitting on that lump of coal all the way home, plus I didn't want to do that. So, over to the nearest bench, a quick semi-strip, (for the not faint of heart, it was a clean job!). And, voila!  All is well.  I figured we would head over to the playground on the riverfront which would put us closer to home should the grunting begin anew.  Back into the stroller and off we went.  Not a half a block later, the second lacking event occurred, Ruby was asleep!  Mission accomplished!  We walked along the riverfront for a while, then headed back home where Mama put Ruby to bed for the remainder of her nap!

Later, after joe came home and we feasted on pizza and pasta, Joe, Ruby and G-Pa headed up the block to get some cupcakes.  Ruby had a ball riding her tricycle and "weeeeeeeee"ing all the way!