Draya Does Devon

Draya went to Devon Days with Nana & Papa this past Friday.

There was lots of yummy food. For dinner Draya had a taco & for dessert she enjoyed lemonade and mini dough nuts.


On the midway she rode her first 'spinny' ride.


She also enjoyed driving a truck.



She and Nana fished for lizzards,

and rode the train together.

Draya rode the trian twice. The second time she got to ring the bell!

She rode the fishy ride twice too.

That night we camped with Nana & Papa in their 5th wheel. Nana bough Draya some new jammies and a toothbrush. Here she models both while jumping on her bed.

A Visit to Nana's

Yesterday Draya and Mommy went to spend the day with Nana while Papa and Daddy put in our new kitchen floor.

Nana & Draya watched birds through Nana's dining room window.

Then Nana showed Draya how to roll out cookie dough.

But Draya found other uses for the cookie cutters.

Finally, Nana read stories to Draya and they went to sleep together in Nana's big bed.

Visiting Nana

Nana's LMS is back and she had her first chemotherapy treatment at the end of August. But, so far, she is still feeling fine so yesterday Mommy took Draya over for a visit.

Gg'pa J built this wooden airplane for Uncle R when he was just two years old. Draya LOVES it and asks to go downstairs and play with it every time we visit.


Draya had loads of fun spinning Nana around on the wooden office chair, playing carousel.


We all went for a walk to visit Mrs B next door. Draya was fascinated by her bird feeder.


Mrs. B fed us tea and cookies and grapes.


When we got back to Nana & Papa's Draya snuggled with Nana and they watched Backyardigans together.


We borrowed this Kermit The Frog puppet from Nana. This morning Draya and Daddy had lots of fun playing with him. Daddy does an excellent Kermit impression!

Carnivale!

Yesterday we took Draya to her first parade. Cariwest! She had a wonderful time dancing to the music and running around in the grass in front of Earls Tin Palace.






Then, Nana came over and they played together in the sandbox. They built roads, houses, a gas station & a store and had great fun running one of Draya's toy trucks around their little town.

Promised Pool & Picnic Photos

On Saturday, July 28 Draya & I went to Nana & Papa's to see Gg'ma & Gg'pa.
Nana inflated Draya's wading pool and we filled it with water.




We went to the playground for a little while.



Then we all enjoyed the pool!




On Sunday, July 29 I & G came over. The girls played in the sandbox and pool and then we had a nice picnic lunch.

Telus World of Science

GG'ma & GG'pa arrived in Edmonton last night. So, today Mommy took the day off work and we took Draya to the Telus World of Science...

First we went to the Eco Backyard exhibit. Draya visited the fish in the pond at least 5 times, if not more.

Next we went to the Egyptian Lego exhibit. It was really cool!

Then, after a quick snack, we went to the Discovery exhibit. This was Draya's favourite part. She enjoyed climbing on and building with the blocks.

And running up and down the giant piano.

But she liked the interactive water features best of all!



After we had lunch she simply had to test drive all of the video games located near the cafe. She is SO her father's daughter! :)

As we were getting ready to leave she was fascinated by the gravity well in the lobby. She must have tossed close to $1.00 worth of Mommy & Nana's small change into it.

Easter Weekend Update

As the Easter weekend draws to a close our whole family is ready to go back to work and daycare. Daddy is starting a new temp job and Mommy and Draya will be back in Spruce Grove after an almost 2 week hiatus. Some relaxed moments have been enjoyed, some partying has been done and a few productive things have been accomplished. Maybe not everything we had planned to do... but some.
On Friday night Draya & Mommy visited Nana. Nana gave Draya a wonderful velcro vegetable set(like this - without the fruit) that she has been playing with/scattering all over the house all weekend. It's great!
Saturday we celebrated J's 2nd BD and visited with H & T and our other friends who were party guests. Much fun was had by all - especially the children who had loads of cool toys to play with!
Easter Sunday dawned and Draya enjoyed a few chocolate eggs and some of her favourite Pocky. The Easter bunny also brought a wonderful (rather messy) bubble wand/toy, Shrek & Shrek 2. Since it was a special day we watched both movies, the first in the morning and the second that night. Draya absolutely loves the Shrek 3 trailer on line and she actually sat and watched each movie most of the way through. She only lost interest for a while during the second one when Shrek turned into a man... she's an ogre fan.
During the afternoon on Sunday we went to Grandma & Grandpa's for a nice Easter lunch and visit. Draya received a belated birthday gift from her Uncle Dave - a Duplo Thomas the Train - Percy at the Water Tower that is really neat and some Easter stickers, markers and paints from Grandma that were also a big hit.
Today we all went shopping. Draya was mostly well behaved but Mommy & Daddy were still exhausted after the excursion. One of the things we purchased was the main Thomas the Train set to go with her Percy. It is so cute and we're going to have fun playing with it too :)
I'll have photos to post as soon as I download the camera. Happy (belated) Easter everyone!

Nana Update & Stupid Blogger

Nana B's surgery went well. They got everyting out that they needed to and she is recovering nicely.
On a less positive note - I'm not sure when I'll be able to blog again. I seem to have accidentally tied my log in to Daddy's gmail thanks to these idiotic new blogger/google changes. So, if you don't hear from me for a while it's just becasue I hate the new system and I don't want a g-mail account of my own. I already have e-mails that I had to get for other reasons that I never use. Maybe I'm bitter. Or I might just try to fix it... we'll see. There are photos waiting on our camera that need to be downloaded & posted.

Nana's Surgery re-scheduled

Nana B is still in Toronto but her surgery got bumped to 8 am on Thursday.
It will take 1.5 hours and the good news is that her LMS growth has NOT grown since December or spread.

Prayers for Nana

Draya's Nana B is having surgery in Toronto today to have an LMS cancer growth removed from her lung. Please keep her in your thought and prayers both today and during the next month while she recovers.
For information on LMS visit: http://www.bctonline.com/~dwhiting/lms/basic.htm

Farm Fair Fun

Today Nana & Grandpa took Draya to Farm Fair. They saw bunnies and a pony and ate tiger ice cream. Draya learned that horses go 'neigh' and that their hooves make a clip-clop sound when the walk. She even knows now to click her tongue and make clip-clop sounds when she plays with her new toy horsie.