Best Friends Forever - Year of 2013

Ruby and Emily taking in the Enchanted Village - We play nice

Ruby and Amy - You're so cool

Well, you know how much she likes her milk...

Ruby and Harlan! We have so much fun

Ruby and Harlan - you've got some nice toys Harlan, you don't mind?

Ruby and Cathy at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

There's Thomas!  We discovered you this year, and trains just got a whole lot more fun

Reunion of GSA Babes - Penelope and Ruby at York Beach

Hey Brandon, my name's Ruby!  (and these two could be Bonnie and Clyde in the making)

You came, you Seasamed - and we won't be the same

Hide and Seek at the play-play

Here's our swimming teacher - and we liked it so much we're getting ready for more

Gorillllllllllllas!  Let's go say hi to the Gorillas!

Ruby and Charlotte, our BFF status dates waaaay back to Music Together days.  Oh, man that was so loooong ago!

Hey Lion, hey Lion! Wake Up!

You and Me, yeah!  Since I'm writing this thing I think I can include myself ;)

Pumkin Cuttin and Halloween!

This is how you take the guts out

Gotta get the face just right

There's our little Alice in Wonderland!

Mmm, mmm Halloween, until next year! (and don't forget to blow those candles out!)

Fall Times in Boston

Ruby with the Pumkins

Woah, is that a ram?

Ruby next to the horsies

The fall color in the Arboredum

Close-Up!

Ruby and YaYa in the Arboredum

Little Glamour Girl

Ruby at the ICA Boston, overlooking the Harbor

Oh, you're a cuuuuuutie!

Christmas Time at The Bay State Model Railroad Museum

Mommy and Ruby with the model trains!

Hard to focus with so much going on

There's trolleys in this town

The General Store

Thomas the Train! Thomas the Train!

Awww....a Christmas Tree

There goes the Green Line Trolley!

Here comes the commuter rail!  That's mommy's train

A train conductor busy directing trains

So many different kinds of trains here

It goes on and on

Budding Painter in Action

Ruby at her Sticky Fingers class at the easel

Ruby working

Ruby posing with her painting

Our New House!

There she is, and we've moved into the bottom floor!

Without further adu, this post is about our recent move into our new condo.  I've included pictures of the painting process and pictures of how it looks now to share our hard work making our new home ours.  Obviously we've just started and this is a nice marker for how far we've come.

Living Room - Painting Process (used to be green)

Living Room - Painting Process

Living Room - Painting Process (used to be orange)

Master Bedroom - Painting Process (used to be lavender)

Master Bedroom - Painting Process

Our Bathroom, in transition, obviously!

Ruby's Room - Painting Process

Ruby's Room - Painting Process

Our Hallway, with friend's art installed on the wall

Ruby's Yellow Room all done

Ruby's Yellow Room (poster on wall from Berlin)

Master Bedroom with a lovely shade of green

Master Bedroom, Brent's paintings on walls and Ruby helping to give scale

The Kitchen

The Kitchen, Ruby helping to give scale

That's right, we have a washing machine in our kitchen! (convenient)

Dining Room, with Brent's painting on the wall

Dining Room, with Brent's paintings on the wall

Dining Room, with Brent's paintings on the wall

Living Room, sleeper couch for those interested, and Brent's painting on the wall

Living Room with Brent's paintings on the walls and our massive flatscreen

Living Room, with our new chandelier and Ruby's desk by window, with yes, Brent's painting on the wall