Archive for April, 2009

Ping Pong Soup
April 28, 2009

Here’s a great recipe that is perfect for those days when I come home from work with no ideas for dinner, some random ingredients in the fridge, and a Ruby who wants to spend time with Papa. The recipe is simple: just put a carton off chicken broth in a pot, turn on the heat, [...]

Princess Party Redux
April 27, 2009

The Princess Party has come and gone and Ruby is none the worse for wear.  Despite the omnipresent generic princess decor, Ruby has yet to ask to be saved from any dragons (although she does need rescuing from the occasional uncooperative button). Ruby chose to dress in her bee costume (her other option was ladybug) [...]

Pretty Pretty Papa Princess
April 22, 2009

It was bound to happy sooner or later. Try as we might to shield Ruby from the infectious outside world, we knew that eventually she’d be exposed.  Sending her to preschool only increased the odds, and now, finally, it has happened:  she’s been invited to a Disney Princess Birthday Party. Kate and I both anti-princessification, [...]