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Santa Visit Success!

After two years of terrifying visits with Santa, it seems that Ruby has finally warmed up to Ol’ St. Nick. We’ve been taking her every year to see the Santa Claus at Lil’ Devils Boutique, a super rad shop on Retro Row in Long Beach. It’s casual there, Santa is slightly punk rock with a small tattoo under his eye, and we just like to support small business.

The 1st year was easy … Ruby was just about 5 weeks old. She slept through the whole visit.

Then, at 13 months, Ruby was NOT feeling it.

Last year, at two years old, the visit was equally as terrifying.

But this year, somebody wised up and figured out there’s nothing to be afraid of … and, you can even ask him to bring you something that you want!

I guess it’s all just proof that this little girl is growing up!

Big Girl Bed!

After the very disappointing debacle we had last week (we tried to put together Ruby’s new twin bed to surprise her when she woke up on her birthday — but they sent the wrong parts in the box and it had to be shipped back), her new bed arrived last night and we got to surprise her this morning!

She has been begging for “the Vegetable Bed”, so we happily indulged that request … stuffed broccoli and all! :)

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF HER GRANDPARENTS! Halmoni, Harabuji, Grandma + Papaw – we couldn’t have done it without your help!

Ruby’s 3rd Birthday!

At long last, here are a few pics of Ruby’s birthday celebration last Saturday. We did a small lunch with just the Grandparents at Goofy’s Kitchen, and boy did the grandparents all have a blast watching the birthday girl interact with all the characters. Then we went back to the house for some cake and ice cream, and Uncle Eric, Auntie Shirley, all the cousins, and Grand-Uncle and Auntie Luke & Grace joined us. It was a super fun day!

Elizabeth and Violet stopped by early to kick off the birthday celebration, and surprised Ruby with her very own princess dress. Our little Snow White couldn’t have been happier.

The crew at Goofy’s Kitchen

Harabuji, Grace, Ed, Ruby, Goofy, Carrie, Papaw, Grandma, Halmoni, Wonil

Special cupcake!

Hi Baloo! (Or is that Briar Bear?)

Ruby’s two birthday cake requests were “Pink” and “Ballerina”. I’m happy to say that I made the birthday girl happy with my creation! More on that (and more pics!) on my Four-Eyed Girlie blog.

Presents! (Yes – you will see Miss Ballerina rocking TWO new ballet outfits!)

Elder Yang (Ed’s Grandma’s best friend) sent this cool Learn-to-Speak-Korean set for ALL of us!

Time with cousins always makes this girl shine!

AND … on Monday, Ruby even got her own special celebration at school!

We just can’t believe that this girl is THREE!

Interview with a Three Year Old

It’s been a big day. Goofy’s Kitchen, Cake + Ice Cream with the fam, and a few spontaneous ballet performances. Ruby Alice Kim is officially three years old. We’re too tired for a full recap right now (pics coming soon, promise.), so we’ll leave you with Ruby’s closing interview as she wraps up her big day turning THREE!

Halloween 2013

Halloween was a blast this year with the crew as usual. Ruby was excited to put the Word Girl costume back on and she definitely couldn’t get enough of trick-or-treating! These kids ran to every house, and Ruby’s bag was practically dragging on the ground because it was so heavy, but she kept insisting that it “wasn’t full!”

These guys had the routine down this year for sure.

Look at the difference from last year. (We missed you this year, Violet!)

However, even with all the candy she got, her Halloween basket from Halmoni was still the favorite. Inside the basket were a bunch of amazing things, but the absolute best was the new Tallulah book! This girl LOVES the Tallulah books. Ruby is so obsessed with ballet these days, and our little ballerina practically has the two Tallulah books she has memorized. Thank goodness Mom + Dad have a new one to read – we’ve practically got them memorized, too!

Finally, I was feeling a little guilty that we are just doing a small family birthday party this year, so I decided to make some mini almost-birthday cupcakes to celebrate, since some of her buddies were here tonight. After trick-or-treating, we all had a cupcake bite and sang Happy Birthday to our girl.

All in all, it was a great night. Happy Halloween!