A Day at the DeYoung

Well, we had a horrendous day yesterday. Lupe is going through some sort of growth spurt or developmental change or teething or something, and was just super fussy, not letting me put him down, and never sleeping for more than 20 minutes at a time. Unfortunately, when this happens, it's Ruby who gets the short end of the stick. Yet, yesterday she was fantastic. She never really melted down from the lack of attention, and she just kept hanging around, waiting for me to be done dealing with him.

I tried to let her know how much I appreciated that she was so good and patient. So, I let her decide what we were going to do today, and to my surprise, she chose the museum. I had thought that it would be the zoo. Unfortunately, the Museum of modern Art is closed on Wednesdays, but the DeYoung, which is in Golden Gate Park and in some ways maybe a better choice for her, since even though the art isn't as good, the setting is better for kids.

In any case, the outing was meant as a reward for her, and since i had the camera and the sun was blazing so brightly, I took a bunch of pictures...

He is actually looking at me as I was holding the camera low.

I like both the the bit of hair sticking down from under the hat, and the drop of drool on the chin.

Love this, just wish the buckle wasn't there in the background.

I can't remember what she was saying, but it looks like instructions of some sort.

Pensive, glowing Ruby.

She is really into treating random inanimate objects like precious babies. Here it is a pen cap she had just found on the ground. I like the shadows and lines, though.

She was very excited about her "outfit" since although I know that she had heard and used the word before, she really understood the concept for the fist time today.

Taking a nap in the shade of art...