Welcome to the West's Side of the Story: Ruby the ridin cowgirl turns 3

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Facts about this 3 year old:

Fav foods: Almost anything, especially PICKLES, broccoli cheese soup, chocolate, tomatoes,

olives, and macaroni and cheese.

Fav movie: Toy Story 1, 2 and 3

Least fav thing to do: go to church and wear dresses

Fav thing to do: Eat, this girl would eat all day. I usually have to cut her off, and she always

wants whatever anyone else is eating.

Ruby is sweet most of the time and generally very obedient.

She is very mischievous.

Ruby loves to ride her bike and scooter and is looking forward to a fabulous summer

of swimming and riding bikes.

She adores her brother and has become the best playmate. She loves to play

ninjas, batman and anything else Zack comes up with.

She hates to have her hair done, esp when I use the hair dryer.

Her favorite thing to do with Daddy is "up again" where Daddy will throw her up in the air. She said one day in a really pouty voice "I want to fly in the sky like a bird." (insert frowny face)

Ruby also loves to swing and swing high!

She also LOVES to be tickled!

She can recognize most of her ABC's, im sure she will love preschool this fall if I can get her

to not be so anxious with new places. She also can count to 20.

Ruby gets very nervous in new places, even the Children's Museum! It usually takes

her an hour or so to warm up and get comfortable enough to play.

This is also the case in nursery. They tell me she doesn't usually warm up until

snack time. Go figure. The way to this girls heart is FOOD.

Ruby has tons of stuffed animals just like Zack. Most of them are kitties and horses. Each of them has a unique name: Chocolate Milk (horse), Pickles (cat), Olives (cat), Clyde (horse), and Bullseye (unicorn) just to name a few.

Our cat and dog are subject to Ruby's torture all day long. I will find her very often on my sisters

bed with the cat, napping, or petting her head. When they cant be found on the

bed you can usually find both of them under the couch. The dog on the other hand is always being locked

in bedrooms or put on a leash and walked around the house.

Ruby is my snugly one, she doesn't usually take naps these days (even though she needs them).

She will nap with me on my bed though.

Ruby loves to say her prayers and tell us her smiles

and gratefuls every night. Im always amazed at what she comes up with.

One night she prayed that Mommy and Daddy can be nice and that she can

have a honey sandwich tomorrow.

Her smile the other day was eating lunch with Daddy.

(smiles and gratefuls are a tradition we started about a year ago where we talk each night