TuTu Princess

Draya has a red tutu with black polka dots. It's part of her ladybug costume. She likes it a lot - so much in fact that she has slept in it a few nights recently. She wears it to put on ballet performances for us. Today she wore it to the hospital to visit T. She also brought her ladybug wand. Patients, visitors and nurses alike were quite charmed. But when-ever anyone asked she was quite adamant - no she wan't a fairy, she was a princess.

Draya's Pretty Dresses

Draya is becoming even more of a "girly girl", she has started to love wearing dresses. Her favourite is a pink, white & yellow floral one that Great Uncle D & C gave her. She will search the laundry basket for a "pretty dress" and when the dress she is wearing gets dirty (or she simply feels that it's time for a change) she'll just go and put on another one. As soon as she finds out her flower dress is clean she must wear it... even to bed. She wears it more than once (or twice) a week. Her favourite shoes to wear with her dresses are her white sandals. Second favourite are her heart covered rubber boots (which are 2 sizes too big but so cute!). Sometimes it's a fight to get her to wear shorts with her dresses, but shorts are a must as she still likes to lift her skirts when playing or accessing her belly button. Thankfully her flower dress has shorts that match it.

This goes with that, goes with this...

Draya has started her matching phase. She notices when thing match and she likes it when things match. She likes her IKEA plate & cup to be the same colour. She notices when her shoes match her clothing. When she wears her Backyardigans pants she also has to wear her Backyardigans jacket. Currently her doll's potty has to sit next to her potty and her doll's tub has to sit next to our tub because they match. Mommy is totally okay with this... especially when it comes to wardrobe!

An Informal Wednesday

This morning I asked Draya if she would like to pick out her pants & top to wear. She insisted on 'jammies'. Since she's home today (I work late) I figured - what's the harm? She has been wandering the house in her new/clean jammies and her rubber boots all morning.

Big Little Feet

Draya has been wearing size 3 dress & running shoes for a while now. I was, however, squeezing her feet into size two sandals until about a month and a half ago. Then, we hit a consingment store and picked her up some size 3 Winnie The Pooh sandals (and some really nice blue jean ones too). A few weeks ago the Pooh sandals went missing at L & M's so 2 weekends ago we hit another shop and purchased some size 4's for her to "grow into". Funny thing, the size 3 Pooh's have resurfaced but they are now to small for her. Her little toes hang over the front edge. I think her feet grew while they were away.! The jean ones still fit okay (they seemed a little bigger to begin with) and now most of the size 4's fit okay. Ahh... the inconsistencies of children's feet. When it gets to cold for sandals we're going to have to pick up some other new shoes too I guess... but I'll wait and see what size she actually is then before I purchase any!

Thinning out the Clothing Stock

I was sad to put away some of Draya's smaller pants today, especially her little flowered jeans, her white and blue sweats, the time for tea outfit that is a reminder of great-grandma. Most of them were 3-6 month size and were getting too short. She can still fit some of the tops and sweaters that are supposedly that size/age but her legs are getting longer. The jean jacket that matches her jeans still fits but it is 6 month size. When spring comes I will go through all of her onesies, shorts and dresses and cull the bunch. She has grown into a lot more 9 month stuff. I suppose it's only fitting (haha) since she IS about that age, give or take.