Pictures from 17 months!!

Ruth had fun going up and down this "ramp" together. 

Getting warmer! Gotta get the chalk out!

Kicking stones with Daddy.

Enjoying the nice day til the last drop!

Hat swap!

Playing "get you". Ruth loves this game!

Putting on her basketball shoes...gettin' ready for some b-ball with Daddy. 

Having fun with some new friends!

Such a good sport! (still learning the basics of basketball...still have a ways to go:))

Bubbles!

This is what aunts are for!

She LOVES this activity!

Isn't this cute?

Grateful for their visit and our time together!

Had a fun girls' night at a local hockey game (got some ice cream first:)). 

Took a little stroll through our local nature center. 

Had lunch at a goat farm cafe. (sampled goat milk ice cream:)...see a theme here?)

Yum!

Not sure what Ruth is doing here:). 

Aw!

Bouncing on her ball...a favorite activity. 

Hehe!

Grandpa Lewton sent a snack for Ruth with Aunt Payge; it was one of the 1st things Payge had to get out when they picked us up from the airport. 

4+

Opening Easter "baskets" and just random "treats" from family...
she is slightly spoiled when family comes to visit:)! 

More on Easter happenings in the next picture post!

Ruth likes drawing on her chalk table (from a friend)!

Having fun with Daddy!

Playing "cans" with Aunt Maddy. She LOVES this activity!

See how much the collection grew from one picture to the next? :)

She still loves drinking from bowls:).

She'll do this activity with anybody who is willing:). 

Another hockey game! A birthday treat for my aunt!

We had fun!!

Tom got to go, too! Like the Abe Lincoln beard:)??

Her 1st little Subway kids' meal. I really think she LOVED having her own, and she ate well!
(PS Recently, Ruth was handing some of her toys to Tom. She handed him the bag that her Subway meal had come with [the "toy"} and said "sandwich". We weren't sure what she was saying or why she was saying "sandwich" and then it hit me...we had put her leftover sandwich in the bag...ha! Good memory!)

Went with our family to our local ice cream place on opening day...and so the theme continues:). 

Also went to a local cheese plant and got to watch them make cheese! Ruth enjoys this!

Our big 17-month-old!