(This is an entirely unedited list, exactly as Ruby said it)
I’ve put up a bunch of new photos in Ruby’s album, including Halloween pictures, baking pictures, and some from her second haircut.
Here are the interesting tweets from the last three months about Ruby. You’ll notice that we’ve added a new Twitter account for Ruby’s own words. (At the moment, we’re just choosing interesting quotes, but when she’s older she can choose what to say.) (more…)
Ruby has a placemat with a world map on it, and after every meal is over, she pushes aside her dishes and says, “let’s talk about countries!” As a map lover, I can’t resist this entreaty. She started by pointing at the very largest countries and asking me what they were called. Soon she was also interested in medium-sized countries as well, and I realized she now knows a LOT of countries’ names, so I made a list.
When I point at the following countries, she can name them (these are the ones she knows best): Russia, Madagascar, Australia, Mongolia, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Greenland, Canada, United States, Antarctica, China, Mexico, Bolivia, France, Norway, Papua New Guinea.
When I ask her to point to these countries, she can (these are the ones she’s learned more recently): India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Finland.
That makes 21 countries! There are other countries she’s just now learning where she knows the name but can’t reliably find them on the map (England, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore).
I swear I’m not pushing this on her; she’s as naturally interested in maps as I am. And I’ll add that she can identify most of these countries on other maps that have different colors. I’m amazed. Is this normal?
I posted two last photos from September (first one here).
I also put up the first batch of photos from October, including some leaf pictures,
lots of pumpkin patch pictures,
and our own pumpkin carving:
Photos from August are posted here on Ruby’s gallery. We did a lot of camping in August.
I’m running behind on processing and posting digital photos, but I finally put up the last of the photos from July. There are a few new shots in the July folder, then click on the Fort Flagler Camping Trip folder to see that (new) set.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Here are the interesting tweets from the last three months that Steve and I have made about Ruby. Click through if you’re not already on Twitter: (more…)
