Thanksgiving in Mendocino

We took a family trip up to Mendocino to stay with Harriet and Larry at their beautiful house for Thanksgiving. Ruby did very well on the long drive.

There we saw our friends Junie moon, Sarah, Tim, and Kamala, Jack and their 3 year old son Aaron.

Ruby and Aaron enjoyed playing together.

Once when Ruby walked away from playing (she went with daddy to go to the bathroom) Aaron said "Where's my little girl?"

Ruby made her specialty, "hot-choc-mock-bliver" (mock chopped liver) as an appetizer and everyone loved it.

At Harriet's house we picked raspberries and apples. And Ruby learned to use a maddox (a flat ended pick axe) to help dig pathways to drain the big puddles. Our friend Kamala said she was playing with "country toys".

After dinner we all went on a walk to look for mushrooms. Larry showed Ruby and Aaron how to find edible ones. We also heard lots of frogs. We stopped by another person's beautiful garden house along the way and Ruby sampled the rolls and butter over there.

The next day Jack and Aaron took us in their big pickup truck to visit Glass Beach. Ruby liked picking the tiny, colorful glass pebbles out of the sand. Aaron liked running up to the waves and then running away. Ruby thought Aaron was very funny.

I think Ruby will fondly remember splashing in those fantastic puddles with Aaron. Mendocino has great puddles.

Doctor Ruby and Doctor Daddy

When Ruby and Mommy got their flu shots together a week or so ago, Ruby asked the nurses "Can I have some doctor stuff to play with?". She really liked the cotton balls and latex gloves they gave her.

Then she asked Grandma Gloria if she could find any more. Grandma Gloria sent a big box of Doctor stuff! Hooray! Dr. Ruby has been playing with it constantly. Sometimes she is the doctor. More often she is the concerned parent or friend. Poor Brobee is always the sick one.

Check out the video of Ruby explaining why Brobee doesn't feel good.

Pumpkin Patch!

A few weeks ago, just before Halloween, we went to a pumpkin patch with Grandma Linda and Papa Marvin. This one was on a farm in Clayton.

There was so much to do there! We all played hide and go seek, a lot. Ruby really liked the water pump duck game. They also had a hay maze (that was too scary because it was dark in the tunnels), bouncy horses and a bean pit. Oh, and lots of pumpkins, of course.

Ruby wandered through the store area saying "I need to find something to sleep with." Finally she found a cat.

Watch the video of Ruby playing with the water pump game.