The New Towel

I picked up a new beach sized towel for Draya today. It's very nice. It's big and pink and soft. She likes it so much that she asked to sleep with it tonight instead of her rainbow blanket.
Okay... well.. I'm glad she likes it:)

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.

Mommy's little baker

Draya LOVES baking cookies with Mommy. She samples every step, from just margarine to fresh out of the oven. She also helps pour ingredients into the bowl and stir. Usually we make various chippit combinations. Tonight we made white/dark/milk chocolate ones for Draya's Daycare Christmas party tomorrow night.
Here are a few photos from two past baking adventures...

Television & The Terrible Twos

Draya has a new television favourite… The Muppets, or as she calls them, “Puppets”. We have Season 1 and quite a few of the “best of” ‘s on DVD. This morning she insisted on “Puppets” instead of Curious George while Mommy was getting ready for work.

The Terrible Twos have shown up right on schedule. The day after her birthday she had her first really big tantrum. We’re pretty sure it lasted over half an hour (we kind of wish we had timed it). She has also started using the word “No!” more.
A few days ago we has our first big fight in the car. I actually had to stop the car while driving and take something away from her! She was rubbing her Mum Mum (a brand name of baby rice cracker) on her seat belt strap, making a huge mess and a noise like nails on a chalkboard. I repeatedly asked her to stop and she repeatedly refused. Needless to say she screamed when I took the Mum Mum away. But, by the time we got into the city she cheered up and wanted to sing.Daddy says it’s like her warranty expired right after she turned two. I say it’s great birth control – now I don’t want another child until she’s at least three!

In other news Draya has learned to open the bathroom door. This actually makes me happy because now if she goes in and closed the door behind her (as she often does) I know she won’t be stuck.