This isn’t Ruby, of course. Jenny just sent it along so I could see the happy new addition to the Chandler household. Isn’t he fuzzy and adorable?

Jenny and I had little water whistles shaped like birds when we were little, and absolutely loved them. Now proof that each generation does better than the last: Ruby has a fancy one!

Daddy tunes Ruby’s guitar for her.

Hey, another guitar! Ruby can start a band now.

Reading with Great Uncle Tom.

The shoes make the outfit.

Ruby relaxes with Grandpa.

Ruby teaches Daddy the Orchard Game.

Ruby with her second cousins, Cael and Drake.

Note from Jenny: “I made playdoh. We pretend it’s grass, and the animals eat it.”

Hello! Evil Aunt Kate here! Picked up a chair for Princess Ruby. Make sure you note the pea that comes under the cushion – proves she’s a princess!