Imaginative Play Time

Draya has the most amazing imagination!
She loves puppets and will often use her bare hands as puppets. Now, when she washes her hands in the sink her hand puppets ‘take showers’. Her hand puppets also often initiate conversations with us and with her.
Nana gave her a pink sponge scrubber to use in the tub. She has christened it ‘Scrubby’ and last night she played with it and her water baby for almost half an hour. Mommy moved the scrubber around but it was a silent companion. She talked to it and her baby continuously. At one point Scrubby ‘fell’ while dancing to ring-around-the-rosy and she hugged it and kissed its owie.
She is actually a big fan of playing ‘Doctor’ these days. Usually one of her babies will be sick or have an owie and she’ll insist that Dr. Mommy or Daddy take a look and treat them. I for-see a toy doctor kit in her future… probably for Christmas…
We have a large rock in our front flowerbed and Draya will bring smaller rocks from the front yard to it so that they can see their mommy.
She also stopped on the way to the park recently to assemble a pine cone family with mommy and daddy and grandpa and baby and others.
Draya also enjoys hide & and happily squeals “Can’t find me” as she tries to hide behind Mommy.She also likes to knock on doors to be let in. The she makes her playmate knock on the door so she can let them in.

The wrong kind of exciting night

So Draya & I had a bit of excitement here last night, and we went on an unexpected outing. Daddy was working late. Draya & I were dancing to 'Happy Day'. I was holding her by her 2 hands and swinging her. There was a pop. Draya was crying and holding her right arm. I thought for sure I had sprained her wrist! I looked up sprain care in my first aid book and tried to put ice on it. She wasn't overly cooperative. I called health link for advise. She watched Treehouse. After 30-40 min on hold I spoke to a very nice nurse. When I tried to inspect Draya's arm for her Draya howled. There was no swelling or discolouration but she was obviously hurting. The nurse suggested that I take Draya to the Emergency Centre on 50 st and 140 ave. I didn't even know that there was one there. It 's a very nice facility. I bundled Draya into her snow suit, with her sore arm tucked inside, and off we went. All the way there she alternated back & forth between singing 'Wheels on the Bus' with me and whimpering. The staff at the medical centre saw us fairly quickly - there were only 4 people ahead of us. We were put in a little room and then they took us for an x-ray. While the technician & I were taking a wailing Draya out of her sweater and aligning on the equipment there was another pop. Next thing you know she has stopt cradling her arm and she's sucking her thumb as usual.
The doctor, who was also very nice, said it was a classic case if nursemaid's elbow. He showed me how to pop it back into place if it ever happens again and gave Draya juice.
It was 11 pm when we got home and went to bed. Daddy got home from work at 11:30.

Big Girl Takes a Tiny Tumble

Draya is graduating up into the toddler area at daycare. She is considered a baby-toddler. Now she'll get to play in the bigger room all day.
Last night she fell out of her new bed. I was afraid that might happen, she is a very mobile a sleeper! She didn't hurt herself though, it's a very short fall.

Teething, Coughing & Toothpaste

Draya is getting her top molars. She has been teething for quite a while now as they slowly force their way through her gums. Last night as she was throwing her head back and screaming in pain I got a good look at the little culprits. Need less to say we gave her Motrin.
The OTHER reason she was up for two hours in the middle of the night last night is the cough she currently has. She has a bit if a chesty-rattle so we know there’s some phlegm there and the cough comes and goes. It’s been getting worse though, interrupting her sleep and shortening her naptime. We are watching her closely for other symptoms (fever) but so far none have appeared.
This morning she was in a surprisingly good mood. I let her sleep a little later so she wasn’t hungry for ‘real’ food after her milk. She insisted on taking our toothpaste tube with her to the car but lost interest once she was buckled in. She can’t twist the top off yet (thankfully). If she could I wouldn’t have let her take it.
She IS getting very good at following simple requests. “Go put your shoes on”, “find mommy’s necklace”, “come into the kitchen”, etc…
We have to be VERY careful near stairs these days though because she want to walk down them like a big girl instead of turning around and going down on her tummy. She knows that she’s not to take a step down until she is holding some ones hand and she tries to use the handrail but she’s just to short! I still know that one of these days she’s going to try on her own again and take a spill.
Speaking of lumps and bumps, Draya has a bit of a bruise next to her left eye these days from where the cuddle rocker at daycare ‘attacked’ her. Her face is at the same height as its arm and she rocked it into herself while heading or a toy. It was totally and accident. It can’t have hurt her very badly though as she wouldn’t let her teacher put a cold compress on it, she just wanted to go and play again.
Yes, my little bundle of energy is always on the go. Last Friday she walked for 3 long blocks on Whyte Ave while holding my hand. The only reason I had to pick her up was that she tried to go into a restaurant. When got to the coffee shop where we were meeting our friends she still wanted to roam… no rest for the Draya… or the mommy & daddy.
Coming soon… photos from our trip to the highland games last weekend… as soon as I find time to download the camera.