The Croup Kid

Draya has been sick since Saturday. She woke up that morning with a barky cough and a low grade fever. We stayed home Saturday and missed W's birthday on Sunday. Today I kept her at home too. Throughout the weekend her appetite and energy were low and we watched lots lots of Treehouse and her favourite movies (Cars & Ratatouille). Last night she had a string of nasty diarrhea episodes that resulted in the washing of a couch cushion. I let her sleep in late today (rest is the best medicine) and it does seem like she's on the mend. Still having some poop issues but the cough is lessening and her voice in almost back to normal. She even had a few short energy spurts. She ate a little bit more and I really hope she'll be up for daycare tomorrow. If not, Daddy is going to stay home with her next.

Making up her own words

Draya LOVES to sing and make up songs. Some times she uses tunes that she already knows, sometime she makes the tune up too. This morning I was treated to...
(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)
"Ginger's in the tub
Ginger's in the tub
Hi Ho The Derry-Oh
Ginger's in the tub"

PJ Pictures

Reading bedtime stories to Polly & Pink Baby.

Playing a game on the Wii with Daddy.

Draya loves to play with the marbles from our Chinese solitaire set.
Here she is using them with one of her toys.

And here she is pouring the marbles into various cups.

Little Miss Red Green

Draya wanted to fix where the paneling is peeling under our bathroom sink.
So she went and got the masking tape and tried to tape it together.
Why not? Tape works for fixing books, it should work for home repairs too.

Halloween Hoopla 2007

The inflatable toddler area was a big hit!

Playing hockey with the big boys.

Colouring is always fun!

"Hummm, I think I need more sprinkles on this cookie."

Red Riding Hood puts gas into her car...

...and drives away.

Where did October go?

Time is REALLY flying past in Draya land. Three weekends ago she stayed home with Daddy while Mommy went to Banff and two weekends ago she went to see Robert Munsch at Mommy's theater with I & G. This past weekend was a little quieter, J came to visit and so did I & G. She has also spent quality time with G'ma & G'pa & Nana and other friends and family over the past weeks and we have been visiting TL in the hospital as often as possible.
Draya has recently been enjoying colouring, finger painting, ballerina dancing, riding her bike to the park, playing with her babies and putting her puzzles together. She has discovered some new favourite videos too including Blues Clues, Richard Scary, classic Pixar shorts (she loves the snowman in Knick Knack) and the movie Cars (we have watched that one a lot!)
For Halloween Draya dressed up a a cowgirl for a party on Saturday and as Little Red Riding Hood at daycare. On Halloween night she went for sushi with Mommy and then went to Halloween Hoopla for an hour where Daddy was juggling .
Other highlights in Draya's fall have included raking leaves with Daddy, baking cookies with Mommy and getting her flu shot. She is chewing her fingers lots too because her back molars are coming in and she hates baths (again).
Mommy recently downloaded the camera - finally. Some photo retrospectives are coming soon, I promise! Before the end of November... hopefully...